In a follow-up letter to the January 16, 2020 missive signed by Ron Wyden, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Warren, and Anna Eshoo, the five US senators have given reasons why they urge ICANN to block the proposed change of control of the .ORG registry to the private equity firm Ethos Capital (Ethos). In our January letter, …
Several organizations including EFF, NTEN, Fight for the Future, Demand Progress, and other nonprofits have planned an in person protest rally outside ICANN’s offices in Los Angeles for the planned .Org sale to Ethos Capital. The protesters will also be delivering a petition, signed by over 21,000 individuals and 600 organizations and NGOs, to ICANN …
Amidst hushed and public questions, reports are rife that Private equity firm Ethos Capital has acquired the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which runs the .org domain used for non-profit organisations’ websites from the Internet Society ISOC. PIR was created in 2002 and The Internet Society acquired the .org registry. While announcing the acquisition, Internet Society …
The storm over since ICANN approved the new .org contract without price caps is showing no sign of slowing down. The ICA posted some scathing remarks about the contract renewal. Last month, one of the largest domain registrars Namecheap has filed a Reconsideration Request (pdf) to ICANN to have a second review at its recent …
One of the largest domain registrars Namecheap has filed a Reconsideration Request (pdf) to ICANN to have a second review at its recent decision to remove price caps on certain TLDs. ICANN in a decision taken in June end, removed price caps from .org & .info. Namecheap claims to have been affected from this decision …
Protests have greeted plans to remove a cap on the price of web domains that end in .org, .biz and .info. This change could hit a lot of charities, many of which use the .org domain for their websites. The organisation overseeing web domains wants to let the companies behind the suffixes set their own …
ICANN has proposed new contracts for the .Org and .Info registries that would eliminate price caps on the domain names. Under the terms of the new agreements, .Org operator Public Interest Registry and .Info operator Afilias could increase prices on registrations to an unlimited amount, provided that they give advance notice. A price hike means …