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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by H＠nzz.nl April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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'. 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! Yours truly, Hans M. Pronk — pvdm.org

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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 Steve MU 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?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price increase
by Viv Morris April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not increase the price on domains! Thank you, Viviann M.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Feedback on the .org agreement
by Mark DuBois April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and represent a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money. Best always, Mark DuBois Executive Director WebProfessionals.org *Mark(a)WebProfessionals.org* Our Twitter Stream: *@WebProMinute <https://twitter.com/webprominute>* Facebook: * WebProfessionals <https://www.facebook.com/webprofessionals> * Pinterest: *WebProfessionals <https://www.pinterest.com/webprofessionals/>* *If we need to meet... *please use calendly.com/markdubois to schedule a time This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended only for the use of the individual or entity to whom this message is addressed. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. In an effort to maintain compliance with the Copyright Act: Please Do Not Forward This Message Without Permission.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Wholesale registry contract renewal
by Ethan Zlomke April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I hope ICANN will reconsider the blanket approval being extended to PIR to have no price cap on future increases. Part of the beauty and power of the internet is its availability to a wide range of individuals, whether for business or personal use. Allowing unlimited price increases simply to register a name runs against this aspect of the internet and undermines it as a tool for the masses. While businesses need to raise prices to match inflation and remain in operation, running a name wholesaler is hardly a resource-heavy operation and thus would not require large capital investments. It should therefore be no burden to PIR and their continued success to have a limit on price increases. Writing as the owner/operator of a .org site, Ethan Zlomke @strangebirds ethan.zlomke(a)strange-birds.org (Fallback email: majestic07(a)gmail.com)

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Lack of Price controls in new agreement
by Beth Seibel-Hunt April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This reauthorization agreement is removing price controls for new domain registrations. I disagree with this approach. Access to the internet for all through net neutrality measures is essential. Price of admission is a significant way to ensure the few are not able to control who is able to afford domains and thus control messaging. These fees should continue to have reasonable caps and be monitored and adjusted periodically - not just be removed. This is a far too significant piece of the modern information marketplace. Sincerely, Elizabeth Seibel-Hunt 4247 Queen Ave N Minneapolis, MN 55412 Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org tld
by milos＠groupwhere.org April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Domain name sales is the not the place to make money on the internet. If anything, domain name resale is. Miles Lott -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] opposition to the ".org renewal agreement"
by Poyan Dehnavi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi! I would like to Express my concern about the ".org renewal agreement" as it stands in its current form. The reason being that i as a customer and end user could end up being charged massively because of the removal of the CAP. Please reconsider, we want lower prices, not higher prices! Best regards Poyan Dehnavi dehnavi(a)fastmail.fm

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org registry agreement comment
by Bruce Roberts April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I disagree with allowing unlimited increases on .org domains. Most of these domains are owned by non-profits who can ill afford large increases to access this important public resource. Thank you. -- Bruce

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Feedback on the .org agreement.
by Andy Campbell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and my domain is not for a business or for profit organization. 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 or email. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. Traditionally it has been for ORGanizations, not businesses. It is important to many people to keep the prices low to make it work for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money. To be blunt, since plenty of rather silly TLDs have been invented in recent years they are essentially creating new real estate of of nothing anyway. They are not going broke. Thanks for your time, Andy Campbell

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