<html><body><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><div><p class="Component-root-0-2-54 Component-p-0-2-46">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.</p><p class="Component-root-0-2-54 Component-p-0-2-46">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 <a class="" href="https://apnews.com/4b4c0687283f774b855e7d5b5bee4744">have opposed</a> the sale, warning of potential price gouging and censorship. California’s <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/jeffrey-to-nevett-30jan20-en.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">attorney general</a> and four <a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">congressional members</a> have also requested information to evaluate a deal’s potential impact to nonprofits.</p></div><div><font color="#FF0000">For the rest of the story see:</font> <a href="https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb"><font color="#666666"><b>https://apnews.com/78522ff9109c2e2c37eb63684b8c0bcb</b></font></a></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#666666">Sam L</font><br></div></font></body></html>