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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Andon Nikolov April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (not-for-profit). 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] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Srikanth P.K April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant. Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN 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 should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders. Please don't kill the internet or make it only for the elite few

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Raising .org prices could destroy local communities ability to host sites
by Carl Morrison April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Many local organizations that I have dealt with would be burdened by a raise in the price—most .orgs that I know are just run by volunteers in a community. Please don’t increase the rates! Thank you, -Carl Morrison

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not let the PIR set whatever price they want
by Justin Maier April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

The internet is a bastion of free speech and expression. By allowing the PIR to set the prices for .org, .info, and .biz domains, they are given the power to raise the barrier to entry and limit the free expression of people around the world. Thank you, Justin Maier

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Thayne Groff April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-profit). 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? Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don't kill the internet
by Srikanth P.K April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Please don't kill the internet Please don't remove the fairness from the internet Internet is for everyone and this move puts persons from developing countries like India who have lower purchasing power vs the developed at high disadvantage Please don't kill the internet or make it only for the elite few

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the change
by Andrew Barraford April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hi, Domains should be available to all on a first come basis at a nominal fee. Allowing wholesalers carte blanche to gouge people is totally against the grain of keeping the internet market/discussion forum eventually closed for the little guys like me. Please rethink this proposed change. Yours, Andrew E Barraford Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Complaining
by Tareq Kahala April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hi, It’s simple short compliment about increasing. .org domain name, you can do that for the new customer not for everyone, please think good before doing that cause if that’s happened we will find way to fight back and maybe talk with a lawyer to see what we can make next step. Thank you Tareq Kahala

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN
by Gavin Klauser April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

ICANN is proposing extending the contract to operate .org but letting PIR set whatever prices it wants. Rather than a 10% increase to renew your domain next year, it could suddenly start charging registrars like Namecheap 100 times as much. Registrars would have no choice but to pass these charges on to customers. This means that the price for the domain name you’ve been using for over a decade could shoot up. Switching domains is hard, so you will have little option but to pay the higher prices.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removing price caps will hurt small business and individuals.
by macarthur April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

There is no reason to remove the limit on price increases on year-over-year for the domain names. The companies are already making more than enough money as is with their current costs. It costs them next to nothing to run the domain when you take them from their overall fees that the root registry charges. These fees should be predictable not insane which could cause massive disruption across the marketplace as small business owners scramble in an attempt to keep their business from going under and deciding if they really want to keep their current TLD as its costs become far too high. Sincrely, Macarthur Inbody

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