I guess that was the motivation behind NGO which was meant to include some kind of validation. Of course, all the hate groups in the world would still get through if they registered themselves as non-profits. Also, John reminded us that a lot of the for-profit registrants are just doing defensive registrations.

 

That said, I wouldn’t mind disincentives to profiteering in the domain such as capping after market prices at documented cost of owning the domain. And certainly .ORG could use even more aggressive DNS Abuse protections such as those in use by .EU and .UK.,

Jonathan

 

 

From: Bill Jouris <b_jouris@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "b_jouris@yahoo.com" <b_jouris@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 2:11 PM
To: "jmcc@hosterstats.com" <jmcc@hosterstats.com>, Jonathan Zuck <JZuck@innovatorsnetwork.org>, Evan Leibovitch <evanleibovitch@gmail.com>
Cc: CPWG <cpwg@icann.org>
Subject: Re: [CPWG] NYTimes: The .Org Mirage

 

It seems like the column could be an argument for putting constraints on .org registrations.  But that ought to be a separate discussion from the merits of this specific sale

 

 

Bill Jouris 

 

On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 11:07 AM, John McCormac

<jmcc@hosterstats.com> wrote:

On 05/12/2019 18:56, Jonathan Zuck wrote:
> How would an "expert" have approached this topic of trust in .ORG?
By showing the good that .ORG and PIR has done. PR 101.

I'm not trying to be a jerk here but living in DC for 30 years, I've
seen LOTS of .ORG sites that were fronts for corporations or other
disingenuous actors. I know Evan is upset about the fact that it's being
written now, in the context of this controversy, but from the
perspective of trust, are folks (are WE?!) right to be trusting of .ORG
domains in their current form?

The intent, from what I have read, with this piece is to do down .ORG
and diminish its credibility by presenting negative examples. It isn't a
question of "trust" but rather the manipulation of the public perception
of .ORG as being just another gTLD.



Regards...jmcc
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