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<div class="moz-forward-container"> To whom it may concern:<br>
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I am a domain name registrant and a .info registrant.. <br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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ICANN should be looking out for the .info 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.<br>
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BTW Design®<br>
714. 444-2440<br>
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