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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by Geoffery X Lane April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant. 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. : : Geoffrey X Lane : : Always Show Up : : : : 250 889 2496 : : geoffreyxlane.com : :

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the changes proposed in the .org agreement renewal
by Piper McCorkle April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear ICANN, I am a domain name 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. Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by Angie April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. 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! Regards, Angie Tibbs dissidentvoice.org --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please reconsider removing the registration fee caps
by Tom Vergult April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I'm writing to ask ICANN to reconsider removing the registration fee caps on .org domains. These domains are used by nonprofit trade associations and charities. Donators and members give them funds to accomplish our nonprofit missions, and while they understand there are essential operating costs, the idea of turning domain registries into a profit stream at the expense of organisations trying to improve the world would not be well received. The current arrangements have worked well - please don't allow nonprofit organization to be subjected to this unfair and uncapped fee increase. Kind regards, Tom

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Totally against price hike of .org domain
by Kunle Adeyemo April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello icann, I am registering my dissatisfaction with the proposed new agreement that may see us paying more to secure our .org domains. Please consider the effect increased price will have on those of us from developing regions like Africa. Please under no circumstance should you let it happen. Thank you Concerned African

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please keep the yearly 10% price increase cap!
by Joseph Rocca April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I own half a dozen .org domains and it's scary that there is no price-increase-limit on wholesalers. Please make sure to include pricing limits to protect website owners who have invested in this tld by building their brand around it. Thanks, Joe

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Request to continue to control pricing
by Joseph Vautour April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Dear sir or madam, Please do not allow the .org pricing to go uncontrolled. This would open the door for unscrupulous activity by greedy companies who would increase the pricing beyond the budgets of many non-profit and charity organizations taking funding away from the needs of the poor. Kind regards Joe Vautour

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by Geoffery X Lane April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant. 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. : : Geoffrey X Lane : : Always Show Up : : : : 250 889 2496 : : geoffreyxlane.com : :

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removal of .org registration price
by ligi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I write to weigh in opposing the removal of price caps. There are already a lot of good arguments in this thread. So I will not repeat them to keep things dry - just want to weigh in on this. Having several org domains registered for FOSS projects that are not monetized. Would really dislike if I have to pay more for them out of my pocket. -- friendly greetings, ligi http://ligi.de

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Why to disturb the Domain Market?
by Apni Delhi April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi Team, When everything is going well, why to increase prices to disturb the market? Regards

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