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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Robert Williams April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I oppose the removal of the price cap provisions that exist in the existing agreement. The price cap is an important check on the Public Interest Registry because they have no competition for registering .org domain names, so they have no incentive to consider the best interest of the consumer. I hope that you will continue to protect consumers so that the internet may be open to everyone, not only those who have enough money to pay high prices for domain names. Sincerely, Robert Williams

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on Proposal Regarding Price Increase Cap
by Ben Hekster April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern— In my opinion, removing the price cap on domain name renewal fees would be enormously detrimental to the open character of the Internet as we know it today. It is not difficult to imagine that the ultimate effect will be the gradual disappearance of many small, volunteer-driven Web sites for whom a price increase at some level would become intolerable; at the expense of commercial operations who can easily absorb the same. I strongly feel that this decision would have a very negative effect. Sincerely, Ben Hekster

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the provisions of the .org agreement
by Pablo de la Peña April 25, 2019

April 25, 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? [http://shedcollective.org]Pablo de la Peña [p(a)shedcollective.org] Founder @ Shed Collective 020 7729 6043 [tel:02077296043] / 65 Westgate Street, London, E8 3RL [https://plus.google.com/107683870396396163123/about?gl=GB&hl=en-GB]

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] we know why there are price increases
by interview＠thepowerofyourvoice.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This reminds me of when I was a kid in the 1990's when it was said that Beckett Sports Card Magazine was messing with the prices of sport cards. Beckett was the standard for price guides and they dropped price for Micky's, Babes, etc. so that they could buy them cheap, and later on increased the value of those cards, or so that was what the story was back in those days when I attended sport card shows. Many non-profits use these domains and the majority of them do not have deep pockets. If the prices keep increasing, people will stop renewing their domains, many of which have been registered for years and those domains will go back in the market allowing domain squatters to keep doing what they do, buying domains and demanding big prices on them without ever wanting to use them. Domains are a digital product, the costs of transferring them are probably in the pennies. It's pure profit. Johnny The host of The Power Of Your Voice Podcast! <http://thepowerofyourvoice.com/> http://ThePowerOfYourVoice.com Follow On Instagram @voicepodcast "The Power Of Your Voice is on Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and YouTube"

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org .info Registry Agreement
by Daniel West April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing as I have been made aware that there is a potential that pricing caps for .org and .info domains may be removed with proposals being considered. I’d like to voice my concerns for this proposal and plea that this is rejected. For people with these domains already, they have been purchased with a price in mind, and although price increases are inevitable, these need to be controlled. Businesses and users alike have these domains, advertise with them and have made livings from the content displayed on these domain names. Large increases in the cost of these domains will be devastating and having a cap on increases is vital. I hope you’ll do what is right by the vast number of people who have invested in these domain names already and keep a price cap in place. Regards, Daniel West daniel.west00(a)outlook.com<mailto:daniel.west00@outlook.com>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] this will hurt many people
by Matt Wenger April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

the price increase here will hurt many people. many small organizations that don't have the money to handle price increases please stop this and reconsider.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] No to Price Increases
by Scott Speed April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not increase pricing exponentially. With Love & Gratitude, Dr. Sundiata

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to .org tld price cap removal
by Walter Gould April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am opposed to the price/renewal cap removal of the .org top level domains. The .org tlds are used by a lot of non-profits and individuals. Walter Gould

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Writing to express opposition to the terms of the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement
by download April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a domain name registrant with a .info domain. 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] Domain caps
by Warren Te Brugge April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

By removing domain caps you have a direct impact on the people we support who are already living in poverty and struggling each day. Every dollar you take from us doesn’t get to the people who need it. We are a small 100% volunteer charity so the effect on the poor is direct. They loose out for your greed. Please don’t do this. -- e: Warren(a)MyArmsWideOpen.org BLOG - Facebook - Twitter - eNews This communication contains confidential and/or privileged information intended only for the addressee. Please DO NOT read, copy or disseminate this communication unless you are the intended addressee. If you have received this communication in error, please call us immediately at (480) 656-7988 and ask to speak to the sender of the communication. Also please e-mail the sender at info(a)myarmswideopen.org and notify the sender immediately that you have received the communication in error.

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