April 2019 - comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Ben Tan April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a .org registrant. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Constantine A. Murenin April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a .org registrant. ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are not-for-profits or non-profits would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .org registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Leave .Org Alone
by Elijah Odii April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Please leave. Org as it is, the internet is a renewable resource and will keep generating value for generations. Seek further innovative ways to increase your resources and revenue. .org is used by a lot of charity organizations at different levels of development

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by CEO Donamex April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I've read about a lot of bad decisions under the UDRP. The URS seems even worse. I heard the URS is very new and is being reviewed now to see if it is working properly. It is too soon to include an untested policy on .org domains where for a few hundred dollars anyone could try to shut down someone else's website. Telling the .org registry that it can charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a terrible idea. Why would you allow them to set a crazy high price? They could try to force the domain owners to pay a very high price each year to renew their domain name, and if the domain owner either won't or can't, then the .org registry could take away their domain name, set a high registration price on it, and then try to find someone else who is willing to pay a high price for it. This is very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Tahir Akkaya April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

İ belive in non monopol domain name givers!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] please do not remove price cap for .org
by Oliver Stapel April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

To whom it may concern, my name is Oliver Stapel, I live in Düsseldorf, Germany. I am worried about your intention to remove the price cap that currently limits price increase for .org domains. How can you seriously consider to let one supposedly non-profit organization exploit millions of truly non-profits? This is a very bad development. Sincerely yours, Oliver Stapel

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove the 10% cap on price increase
by Asmine Hammadou April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

If ICANN and the ISOC need more funding, then find more funding. Using your monopoly position to suck more money out of other non for profit organisations is not ethical. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Jide Olanlokun April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Dear Icann Please do not remove the cap. It makes no sense to enrich an agency just because they have domain tags

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN cost increase for .org domains
by Frank Gelat April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Many non-profits are operated solely by volunteers and are supported through donors. Opening the floodgates for cost increase on .org domains by allowing unlimited increases by PIR would be an inhuman act upon humanitarian organization; this would also create a market for exploitation. Frank Gelat

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Small sites with .org
by Kit Johnson April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I run a community site which receives no revenue. It has one employee-me. Please don't make it more expensive for me to do this. -- Kit Johnson Founder, Reiki Connect If you know someone who would benefit from being listed on Reiki Connect, please forward this link to them: reikiconnect.org/join

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