<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:12u" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adO"><div id="gmail-:12t" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH"><div dir="ltr">I am a domain name registrant. <br><br>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><br>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><br>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><br><div>ICANN should be
looking out for 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.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-gA gmail-gt gmail-acV"><div class="gmail-gB gmail-xu"><div class="gmail-ip gmail-iq"><div id="gmail-:12v"><table class="gmail-cf gmail-wS"><tbody><tr><td class="gmail-amq"><br>John Romine<br><br></td><td class="gmail-amr"><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div>