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. These two groups have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure.
I believe strongly that it
is unacceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that
the two groups be treated the same.
Removing price caps is patently unfair to .org domain owners. Many of us have websites that we have used for
years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew our domain names may
become prohibitively expensive, and we could be forced to give up websites that are
important to us. Not all nonprofit organizations are flush with money. As a matter of fact, nonprofit charitable organizations exist to put our hard-earned funds into our programs, not into overhead.
The Uniform Rapid
Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply to 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.
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?