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Please sign the petition - https://savedotorg.org/
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The 2019 .ORG Registry Agreement represents a significant departure from .ORG’s 34-year history. It gives the registry the power to make several policy decisions that would be detrimental to the .ORG community:
A registry could abuse these powers to do significant harm to the global NGO sector, intentionally or not. We cannot afford to put them into the hands of a private equity firm that has not earned the trust of the NGO community. .ORG must be managed by a leader that puts the needs of NGOs over profits.
More Info -
(Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/
(Girl Scouts join protest over sale of .org domain)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50515786
(ICA Calls for ICANN to Withhold Approval of Purported .Org Registry Sale)
https://www.internetcommerce.org/ic...hold-approval-of-purported-org-registry-sale/
(.Org Deal: Esther Dyson is “Appalled”)
https://domaininvesting.com/org-deal-esther-dyson-is-appalled/
Any shares on social media are appreciated.
The 2019 .ORG Registry Agreement represents a significant departure from .ORG’s 34-year history. It gives the registry the power to make several policy decisions that would be detrimental to the .ORG community:
- The power to raise .ORG registration fees without the approval of ICANN or the .ORG community. A .ORG price hike would put many cash-strapped NGOs in the difficult position of either paying the increased fees or losing the legitimacy and brand recognition of a .ORG domain.
- The power to develop and implement Rights Protection Mechanisms unilaterally, without consulting the .ORG community . If such mechanisms are not carefully crafted in collaboration with the NGO community, they risk censoring completely legal nonprofit activities.
- The power to implement processes to suspend domain names based on accusations of “activity contrary to applicable law.” The .ORG registry should not implement such processes without understanding how state actors frequently target NGOs with allegations of illegal activity.
A registry could abuse these powers to do significant harm to the global NGO sector, intentionally or not. We cannot afford to put them into the hands of a private equity firm that has not earned the trust of the NGO community. .ORG must be managed by a leader that puts the needs of NGOs over profits.
More Info -
(Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed)
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/
(Girl Scouts join protest over sale of .org domain)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50515786
(ICA Calls for ICANN to Withhold Approval of Purported .Org Registry Sale)
https://www.internetcommerce.org/ic...hold-approval-of-purported-org-registry-sale/
(.Org Deal: Esther Dyson is “Appalled”)
https://domaininvesting.com/org-deal-esther-dyson-is-appalled/
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