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

[domains at dimiti.com]

I am a .org registrant.

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.

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.

ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multi-stakeholder
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.

ICANN should be looking out for the .org 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.

Kind regards

Stephen Sole
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