[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement

[Zach Zeman]

I am a domain name registrant.

The .org domain should not operate the same as newer TLDs that have been
created expressly for business. Organizations, especially not-for-profit
organization, have just as much right to exist on the internet as
businesses.

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.

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?

Thanks.

-Zach
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