[CPWG] NYTimes: The .Org Mirage

[Evan Leibovitch]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 at 03:16, Jonathan Zuck <JZuck at innovatorsnetwork.org>
wrote:


> That said, I wouldn’t mind disincentives to profiteering in the domain
> such as capping after market prices at documented cost of owning the
> domain. And certainly .ORG could use even more aggressive DNS Abuse
> protections such as those in use by .EU and .UK.,
>

For what it's worth...

In the ISOC list I have advanced a compromise position. The summary of it
is that the Ethos deal goes through but that 7% of the proceeds (about
$80M) are earmarked by ISOC towards creation of a new community-run
nonprofit registry that would either apply for or acquire a TLD. Most of
the money would be used to run the registry until it achieved
sustainability and the rest would be used to subsidize the identity-change
expenses of nonprofits wanting to switch. The intent is to essentially
reboot .org under a new name, to maintain at least one globally accessible
mission-driven TLD now  that we know .org won't play that role.

When I first proposed this I considered it a fallback if the would-be ICANN
and PA obstacles proved ineffective, as an alternative to the inevitable
court challenges which I submit nobody will win. I am slowly coming to the
conclusion that it may even be a preferred Plan A since I don't think that
killing the deal will really take us back to the pre-deal status quo. Trust
in ISOC by its community will remain vastly diminished, and now all know
that it is trying to unload PIR.

My proposal has earned mixed reviews so far. Those want to take a
Principled Stand of kill-the-deal-or-bust hate it. A few private emails
from people whose advise I often solicit -- including one ISOC trustee --
like the idea, at least in principle.

- Evan
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