[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal

[Steve Piercy - Website Builder]

To whom it may concern:

I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization.

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?

Thank you for your consideration.

Steve Piercy - Website Builder
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