[Npoc-discuss] Ethos Capital, seeking to run .org registry, makes concessions

[Sam Lanfranco]

	LOS ANGELES (AP) — A private equity firm seeking to buy rights to
operate the internet’s .org suffix said Friday it will cap price hikes
and create an advisory board with veto powers to ease concerns from the
nonprofit community.

	Ethos Capital has offered S1.1 billion to buy the Public Interest
Registry, the nonprofit corporation that runs the databases containing more
than 10 million .org names registered worldwide. Organizations ranging from
the Girl Scouts of the USA and Consumer Reports to the American Bible
Society have opposed (https://apnews.com/4b4c0687283f774b855e7d5b5bee4744)
the sale, warning of potential price gouging and censorship. California’s
attorney general
(https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-nevett-30jan20-en.pdf)
and four congressional members
(https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf)
have also requested information to evaluate a deal’s potential impact to
nonprofits.
For the rest of the story see:  
https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb
(https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb)
Sam L

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