[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
Jim Anderson
janderson at remarkabledog.net
Fri Apr 26 03:22:05 UTC 2019
ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension
created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence
of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new
extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no
price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely
different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not
acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they
be treated the same.
Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have
websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the
cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could
be forced to give up websites that are important to them.
The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on
domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain
names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice.
ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is
ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many
of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain
names?
I oppose the incorporation of the URS into the .org renewal agreement.
Legacy domain name extensions should NOT be treated the same as new gTLDs.
Removing price caps on .org is a bad idea.
ICANN should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the
non-profits.
Jim Anderson
janderson at remarkabledog.net
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