Hundreds of nonprofits ask ICANN to pause deal to sell .Org registry to for-profit private equity company. Over 400 nonprofit entities and 18,000 individuals have signed on to a letter authored by Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), asking ICANN ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Non-Commercial users ask for three changes to .Org contract
· Policy & LawConstituency addresses pricing and censorship issues. The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) has sent a letter to ICANN, asking it to make three changes to the .org registry contract if it is to be sold to Ethos Capital. The group points ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Should GoDaddy acquire .Org?
· Domain RegistrarsOther companies should now circle .org, and GoDaddy is one of them. There's a lot of consternation about Ethos Capital's proposed takeover of the .org registry. It will move from a non-profit entity that's out to help organizations to one that is ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN delays .Org sale approval, calls for more transparency
· Policy & LawSale to Ethos delayed as ICANN requests more information. ICANN has delayed its approval of the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos Capital by requesting more information. According to its contract with Public Interest Registry (PIR) to ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Video: watch the Q&A with Ethos, Internet Society and PIR
· Policy & LawEthos tries to assuage concerns, but non-profits have more questions. Last week NTEN, a group that helps non-profits use technology, held a Q&A with the three parties involved with the sale of .org: Private equity firm Ethos, Internet Society ... Continue Reading9 Comments
How Ethos Capital could restrict .org price increases
· Policy & LawThe private equity firm says it's agreeable to putting price caps into concrete agreements. NTEN, a group that represents non-profits, held a conference call today with a number of participants impacted by the Internet Society's transaction to sell ... Continue Reading17 Comments
November’s Top 5 domain name stories
· Uncategorized.Org dominated the news last month. November was a busy month in the domain name business, led by a planned takeover of the .Org registry. I've grouped many of the .org-related articles into one on the top 5 posts list. Here's the full roundup of ... Continue Reading1 Comment
ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
· Policy & LawDomain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The ... Continue Reading22 Comments
Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
· Policy & LawInternet Society reveals the price it is selling out for. On a webinar today, Internet Society has purportedly disclosed that Ethos Capital will pay $1.135 billion to acquire the .org registry from it: #Internetsociety offered 1b and 135mil$USD ... Continue Reading23 Comments
The economics of .org domain names
· ServicesEthos Capital just bought a license to print money. Yesterday, Internet Society announced it was selling the .Org registry to a private equity company. The price has not yet been disclosed, but it was surely a very high figure, as I will ... Continue Reading34 Comments