news .Org Buyout

[SirDrago]

A private equity firm is buying all of the .org domains. Here's what that means
In a move that could shake up the internet, private equity firm Ethos Capital is buying the company that owns every .org domain on the web.

Ethos, which was founded in May 2019, is expected to close its deal to acquire the Public Interest Registry (PIR) during the first quarter of 2020. The sale price has not been released.

Now, nonprofits, which make up the majority of the .org domains, are panicking about the purchase, scampering to sign a petition spearheaded by the National Council of Nonprofits that calls for blocking the deal.

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[trelgor]

Seems to me most are referring to the acquisition being in some way corrupt. Where is the corruption?

 

[trelgor]

Sure it may be ”Unethos Capital”. But is there a law or regulation that has been breached? If there is - they should be in court. If not - vote for someone that will reform corruption legislation to encompass this type of ”scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours” behaviour.

I’ve heard that Icann is corrupt since I first discovered the industry 10 years ago. Still noone has proved anything.

 

[Larion]

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST ICANN MAY BE ONLY ANSWER TO FUTURE OF DOMAINS

http://neusnews.com/2019/12/class-a...cann-may-be-only-answer-to-future-of-domains/

 

[Steven McEvoy]

Has the new company ever states anything about raising the price?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Has the new company ever states anything about raising the price?

This question should be addressed to Afilias.info
They manage .ORG registry for many years... And I don't see any news that .ORG backend will be changed...
Base (non-premium) fee depends on Afilias prices...
Frontend (previously it was PIR) just adds some margin on top.

Overall, on Jan'1/2020 Afilias fee will be increased (something like +10%) for all their solely owned TLDs, and later - should be the same increase for all their managed TLDs like .ORG

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Was almost silence regarding .ORG since I use NamePros... including "Request Domains" section...
And real hype last ~2 weeks...

Very strangely...