domains ICANN says no sale on .org

[equity78]

The ICANN board announced that Ethos Capital will not acquire the PIR Registry. Full announcement Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. After completing extensive due diligence, the ICANN Board finds that withholding consent of the transfer of PIR from the … [Read more...]

 

[koolishman]

Glad to hear.

 

[Samer]

Took them long enough.

Thank you California Attorney General Xavier Becerra.

 

[Mister Funsky]

I agree...good news.

 

[BlackCatsAreNice]

This is GOOD NEWS.

Everything stunk of fish from the very beginning.

And this "WIN" doesn't just affect the .ORG namespace but also sets a precedent that GREED will be kept in check...as in the case of future shenanigans with the .COM tld.

Trust me, you STILL should be liquidating all your domains except the most valuable ones.

It's gonna hurt financially soon for all those that own thousand and tens of thousands of .com's.

 

[nydomain]

Great news!

 

[sharfab]

Wonderful News...

 

[Picorio]

Awesome! I just read the article. It's a huge victory for the domain community!

 

[carob]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/05/01/icann_stops_dot_org_sale/

Insiders suspect that the only reason ICANN finally acted to deny the sale is because the organization is more scared of the California Attorney General than Ethos Capital. The Attorney General has the power to subpoena internal documents, and so he is in a position to expose what some say has been decades of mismanagement at an organization that has a monopoly of the internet’s naming and addressing systems.

 

[kriss05]

Now let's see Plan B.

 

[King]

Just saw this today, good to hear, still not good knowing they were willing to sell in the first place...

 

[FolioTeam]

Good news

 

[The Durfer]

dont count your chickens before they hatch, but Whoohoo!

 

[BlackCatsAreNice]

This wikipedia article should get you thinking, if not sending shivers up your spine:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos_Capital

Basically, it's one big club. The all know each other.

 

[BlackCatsAreNice]

Whats more and what's ironic is that the name/term "ETHOS" (definition: the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations) stands in STARK CONTRAST to what Ethos Capital is doing.

Taking the ethos of the internet's beginnings and twisting and manipulating it into a profit venture.

It is like they are/were playing with US all right in front of our faces.

 

[Brian L.]

Glad to hear it. Great news!

 

[gtldomainer]

.org is always good as and for non profit.

 

[King]

Posted over a week ago by the PIR: https://thenew.org/continued-stability-for-org/