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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Veto the ICANN Proposal. Keep Price Caps On All .org, .info, and .biz Top Level Domains.
by Julie Squires April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, I urge youto Keep the Price Caps On All .org, .info, and .biz Top LevelDomains. This ensuresthe continued flow of new and small business start-ups, which drive the U.S.economy by providing jobs for over half the nation’s private workforce. Stand firm. Protect small businesses. Thank you and best,Julie How Small Business Drives U.S. Economy SmallBusinesses Provide Jobs for Over Half of Nation's Private Workforce https://www.thoughtco.com/how-small-business-drives-economy-3321945 Julie Squires, mobile: 678.988.4253

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please Do Not Raise .Org Prices
by Rich Palmer April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I received a note from Namecheap, our registrar, who shared your proposed contract changes with the Public Interest Registry that may lead to uncapped prices for .org top level domains. As my company is the leading provider of AI technology to the nonprofit sector, I would like to express my deep concern for uncapped .org prices. Nonprofits are struggling to gain resources and talent to solve the world's most pressing challenges, often because of the burdens placed on them to minimize operating expenditures. Charging even an extra dollar from them could have outsized negative outcomes for some of the most vulnerable among us. For example, each $1 given to the Greater Boston Food Bank helps provide 3 meals to those in need <https://www.gbfb.org/ways-to-give/>. I urge you to find other ways to monetize and strive towards elevating the nonprofit sector. I am happy to provide additional comments or answer any questions you might have. Warmly, Rich -- Rich Palmer Co-founder & CTO *Gravyty* <https://www.gravyty.com> | AI for Philanthropy. Building the future of social good.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by James Colman April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The internet is meant to be a fair and open platform. Don’t allow discrimination by charging people with different top level domains different prices.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org pricing changes
by Chris Moran April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I would like to object to the proposed change to remove the pricing cap of .org registration fees. TLD registrars have a monopoly and it is against the public interest to have unregulated pricing on a system that has been in place and worked well for many years. Regards, Chris Moran (404)514-6400 chrisPmoran(a)icloud.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Retain the limit on price increase
by J. Lance Cotton April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As has been demonstrated time after time, allowing a company to raise prices without limit where customers are unable to easily move to a competitor (domains are often the "identity" of a website), the company will, without fail, raise prices to maximize their own profit, rather than to simply cover expenses. Because the .org domain was never intended to be profitable entity, but from the start of the DNS system was intended to represent non-commercial and non-profit entities, there must remain some regulation to ensure that users will not be priced out of their own identities online. -- J. Lance Cotton, KJ5O joe(a)lightningflash.net http://kj5o.lightningflash.net Three Step Plan: 1. Take over the world. 2. Get a lot of cookies. 3. Eat the cookies.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not allow PIR to increase prices to whatever they want
by Christopher Grace April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is a bad idea. Know the Truth. Live the Truth. It changes everything. [photo]<http://www.proverbs31.org/> Christopher Grace IT Support Manager Proverbs 31 Ministries 704.849.2270 | www.Proverbs31.org<http://www.proverbs31.org/>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Oppose unrestrained price increases for .org’s
by Dave Howard April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a domain name 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 Gratitude, Dave Howard http://louisvillefolkschool.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org prices
by Fondation Archimède April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, I would like to express my opposition to any changes in the present tarification of .org domaines since they are mainly used by non-profit and charitable organisations. Thanks you for your interest in this matter, Christian Emond Archemedes Foundation

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

April 25, 2019

I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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] .org price cap
by Matt Minton April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please do not remove the cap for rate hikes of .org registrations. It is an unnecessary and undue burden.

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