<div dir="ltr"><div>Bravo! </div><div><br></div><div>The full letter is excellent and captures what is clear disquiet in the community, at the UN and now within the US Senate (including Senator Warren). It's worth a read:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf">https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/122319%20RW%20Letter%20to%20PIR%20ISOC%20Ethos.pdf</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I maintain that the sale should not go ahead.</div><div><br></div><div>None of the arguments on this list have convinced me otherwise, nor dare I say the <a href="https://savedotorg.org/">536 organizations and 18,999 signatories</a> who are opposed to the sale and have called for it not to proceed.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the robust debate all - and happy holidays! </div><div><br></div><div>Brett</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Brett Solomon<br>Executive Director <br>Access Now | <a href="https://accessnow.org" target="_blank">accessnow.org</a> <br><br></div>@solomonbrett<br><div>Key ID: 0x4EDC17EB<br>Fingerprint: C02C A886 B0FC 3A25 FF9F ECE8 FCDF BA23 4EDC 17EB</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:small">*</span><b style="font-size:small">Subscribe</b><span style="font-size:small"> to the </span><a href="https://www.accessnow.org/campaign/#sign-up" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Access Now Express</a><span style="font-size:small">, our weekly newsletter on digital rights</span><br></div></div><div><div style="font-size:small">*<b>Protect digital rights</b> around the world - <a href="https://act.accessnow.org/page/13742/donate/1" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">support Access Now</a> with a donation today</div><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"></div></span></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 2:08 PM Ayden Férdeline <<a href="mailto:ayden@ferdeline.com">ayden@ferdeline.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Four US senators have sent a letter to the Internet Society yesterday raising a number of questions regarding the sale of the Public Interest Registry to Ethos Capital. Their letter can be founded on this webpage: <a href="https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm" target="_blank">https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-blumenthal-warren-and-eshoo-question-sale-of-org-domains-to-private-equity-firm</a><div><br></div><div>Best wishes, Ayden Férdeline <u></u><u></u></div>---<br>
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