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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Bruno Cancellieri April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit organization. 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! Best regards, Bruno Cancellieri

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Lift Limits
by Mitchum Owen April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Nonprofits are the most likely to use .org accounts. Please let these organizations continue to operate without the undue burden of needlessly-high website operating costs. -- Mitchum Owen mitchum.owen(a)milodigital.com <mailto:mitchum.owen@milodigital.com> | w: 805.518.1782 milodigital.com <http://milodigital.com/> | PO Box 199, Harbor City, CA 90710

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] On Pricing...
by Angus S. April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against the change
by Leandro Di Marco April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I speak up against the change.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please no price increase
by John Jester Ching April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi I'm a small business owner and purchase domains regularly. I heard about the planned price increase and removing the limits of 10% increase per year to whatever they desire. It would greatly affect our business and would like to request if you could stop the price increase please. It would greatly help us small businesses and would be bad for our economy overall Looking forward for your support in this matter. Thanks -- Thank you for your email! Due to my current workload I am only checking email at 11am and 4pm. If you need anything immediately please call me on my cell so that I can address this important matter with you. Thank you and have a great day! - John Jester Ching

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] do NOT lift cap on charges for .org domain registration
by Roland Pesch April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am incensed that you would consider lifting the limits on charges for registration of .org domains. Doing so opens the path to monopolization of .org by those with the deepest pockets, completely contrary to the original spirit of the Internet. Do not approve this policy change.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't allow price increases
by Mike Scalora April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

If there's no competition, you can't remove fee price controls. Cost should be going DOWN, so should fees. -Mike

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removal of Price Cap on .Org Domains
by Yami Usagi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

If you decide to remove Price Caps on .Org Domains, I will personally campaign the EU to create its own ICANN and completely remove itself from your system. If you allow this greed to go through. Have a nice day. Yami Usagi

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to removing the price cap.
by Daniel Carrera April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by webmaster April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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’. It's clear to me 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! ICANN should reject this proposal to hand a blank check to the registries that would be backed by millions of registrants who would receive nothing new from the increased fees they would face if this proposal is adopted. Please let reason and the greater public interest prevail. Philip Parshley

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