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<p>><strong>Pricing for <abbr title="Domain Name">Domain Name</abbr>
Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org
renewal agreement):</strong> In alignment with the base registry
agreement, the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement,
which limited the price of registrations and allowable price
increases for registrations, are removed from the .org renewal
agreement. Protections for existing registrants will remain in
place, in line with the base registry agreement. This change will
not only allow the .org renewal agreement to better conform with
the base registry agreement, but also takes into consideration the
maturation of the domain name market and the goal of treating the
Registry Operator equitably with registry operators of new gTLDs
and other legacy gTLDs utilizing the base registry agreement</p>
<p>I must admit I find this provision concerning. TLD operators have
a monopoly, and for legacy TLD's especially the demand is high
since users are most familiar with them. If applied as precedent
to all legacy TLD's, I could easily see it becoming more expensive
for individuals to run their own websites. It could even become
prohibitively expensive, as these namespaces are in demand and
it's not clear to me the "fair price" a monopoly can charge for a
.com isn't $100. <br>
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