[governance] PIR Case/or the .org sell

[Norbert Bollow]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:53:07 +0200
Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at egyptig.org> wrote:

> On Nov 28, 2019, at 2:24 PM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> > Vint Cerf has been quoted [0] with the statement, “Hard to imagine
> > that $60/year would be a deal breaker for even small non-profits.”
> > [0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/
>
> The question about potential increases in the price of .org
> registrations are addressed here: https://www.keypointsabout.org
> <https://www.keypointsabout.org/>
> 
> > A related question is whether there is anything in the rules that
> > would prevent price differentiation [...]
> Yes, there is something in the .org Registry Agreement
> <https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/org/org-agmt-html-30jun19-en.htm>
> (rules) that prevents this. Specifically, Article 2.10(c), which says:
> [..]
>
> I hope this helps.

Thank you, yes. So it seems that the new owners of .org plan to hike
the .org domain prices relatively slowly, and they are required to do
it uniformly. They probably hope to avoid, as much as possible, any
single major shitstorm - while still maximizing their profits (by means
of taking the money from nonprofits which are to a large part funded by
donations).

Greetings,
Norbert