https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/13/20963881/org-domain-name-registry-sold-for-profit-company-public-interest-registry-ethos-capital
> The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company > > That seems at odds with what .org represents > > By Jay Peters Nov 13, 2019, 8:49pm EST > > Today, the Public Interest Registry (PIR), which maintains the .org top-level > domain, announced that it will be acquired by Ethos Capital, a private equity > firm (via Domain Name Wire). This move will make PIR, previously a non-profit > domain registry, officially part of a for-profit company — which certainly > seems at odds with what .org might represent to some. Originally, “.org” was > an alternative to the “.com” that was earmarked for commercial entities, > which lent itself to non-profit use. > > That’s not all: On June 30th, ICANN, the non-profit that oversees all domain > names on the internet, agreed to remove price caps on rates for .org domain > names — which were previously pretty cheap. Seems like something a for-profit > company might want. > > Removing price caps wasn’t exactly a popular idea when it was first proposed > on March 18th. According to Review Signal, only six of the more than 3,000 > public comments on the proposal were in favor of the change. > > In an “open letter” published on May 1st, just days after the comment period > had closed, PIR said that it had “no specific plans for any price increases > for .org.” But that was then, and if the rates for .org domains do go up in > the future, it could affect non-profits and institutions that rely on low > domain name fees to maintain their websites. > > .info and .biz, which also used to have price caps, had them removed this > year as well. -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
