[RndTbl] The "Save .org" petition

[Hartmut W Sager]

Yes, I was about to make a similar comment - the best ccTLD's, like ".ca"
and ".uk", should be relatively safe, since even with ICANN's overall
authority over *all* TLD's, surely they cannot dictate to CIRA or Nominet
that these country-based authorities must go the privatization/capitalism
route.

I like the idea of doing some 10-year renewals right now, because that will
at least deprive the new profiteers of an initial 10 years of ill-gotten
gains, but it does result in a long-term gamble on establishing a
well-regarded and well-recognized ".org" site.

I presume this new privatization move is loosely related to the same
political forces in the U.S. that ended net-neutrality in 2019.

Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331


On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 at 12:40, Adam Thompson <athompso at athompso.net> wrote:

> By definition, since the blatant failure of governance is occurring at
> ICANN and the *entire* domain name system falls within ICANN's remit, no.
>
> However, .ca - managed by CIRA, which has a fairly strict mandate (so far,
> anyway), is a fairly good bet IMHO.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> On 2019-11-26 12:07, Alberto Abrao wrote:
>
>
> Is there any TLD that's safe - for now, at least - from such an
> interference?
>
>
>
>
> ---- On Tue, 26 Nov 2019 11:43:00 -0600 * athompso at athompso.net
> <athompso at athompso.net> * wrote ----
>
> On 2019-11-26 10:29, Glen Ditchfield wrote:
> > As you may have heard, ICANN removed the price caps on .org domains,
> > then
> > quietly decided to sell the .org registry to a private equity firm
> > linked to a
> > former ICANN CEO and several American billionaires (https://
> > www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/).
> >
> > So, a bunch of respectable organizations have started a petition to
> > stop that,
> > at https://savedotorg.org/ . Signing might help.
>
>
> Given the absolute failure of governance at ICANN, which seems to be
> spreading to NRO, IANA, etc., I think "Save dotOrg" has about as much
> chance of success as "Save Concordia" did locally, no matter the
> justness of the cause.
>
> What *would* be a good idea, though, despite the "rewarding bad
> behaviour" aspect of it, would be renew any .org domains you have, NOW,
> for the maximum term (10 years). Several industry observers are
> expecting prices to rise >10x, so you'll probably be saving a good chunk
> of money by doing it now.
>
> -Adam
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