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

[Joan Kerr]

Thanks Sam and Raul

The Internet Project analysis can be found here:
https://www.internetgovernance.org/2020/02/22/ethos-capitals-proposed-pic-an-analysis-for-org-registrants/
Thanks

On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 8:44 AM Sam Lanfranco <lanfran at yorku.ca> wrote:

> 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 $1.1 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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