[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
I'm a multiple .org registrant with not-for-profit websites. Continued No-bid monopoly control of legacy TLDs is a key issue. The present system granting no-bid contracts undermines the public interest and contaminates commercial relations. This system invites corruption, and does a disservice to people working for the public interest. Transparency & fairness demand competition. ICANN should require competitive contracts which demand high performance, explicitly penalize failure, and guarantee (lower) retail pricing. Everyone at ICANN and key constituents already know legacy TLDs are fundamentally different from new gTLDs. Is this process thus an empty exercise? Is this process an attempt to reposition legacy TLDs to further benefit the present contract holders? We should not rubber-stamp existing opaque relationships. I oppose bringing the URS into the .org renewal agreement. Aloha & Very Best Wishes, Bruce Lambert Stockholm, Sweden
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Bruce Henry Lambert