<div dir="ltr"><p class="gmail-_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">Hello,</p><p class="gmail-_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">I would like to voice my opposition to Proposed Amendment 3.</p><p class="gmail-_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">I believe that the global DNS registration system should be run primarily as a public concern.</p><p class="gmail-_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The
only entities that stand to benefit from the proposed arrangement are
verisign itself, at the expense of the public. These price hikes will
impact the millions of small, independent businesses and developers that
rely on the system as is to make their livelihood. Further, this could
prove yet another point of pressure that convinces a small business to
make their online presence exclusively in the Facebook walled garden and
eschew the web itself.</p><p class="gmail-_1qeIAgB0cPwnLhDF9XSiJM">The web,
and global DNS, were envisioned to be run for the public good, and they
SHOULD be run for the public good. Deals such as this are an abdication
of that mandate; short sighted profit chasing at the expense of all
else. Please do not adopt this proposal.</p></div>