[Editor's note: The following is a guest editorial from Nat Cohen, who provides interesting details about the birth of Public Interest Registry and its role with Internet Society. While I don't necessarily agree with all of the conclusions, I think it's a ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Vint Cerf and Mike Godwin follow bad talking points for .Org deal
· Policy & LawPricing and investment arguments are wrong. Ethos Capital and Internet Society are working overtime to spin the deal to sell .org for $1.35 billion as a good thing. There are certainly some good things about it, but I cringe when I read certain ... Continue Reading22 Comments
4 U.S. lawmakers question .Org sale
· Policy & LawPresidential candidate Elizabeth Warren among those concerned about sales of .org registry. Three U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative have sent a letter to Ethos Capital, Internet Society and Public Interest Registry questioning the decision to ... Continue Reading12 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
ISOC is leaving money on the table with .org, but…
· Policy & LawA secretive deal was the only way ISOC could get a deal done. I've written a lot about how Internet Society's (ISOC) deal to sell the .org registry to a private equity company impacts the internet's users and non-profits. From a credibility ... Continue Reading12 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
ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
· Policy & LawNetherlands chapter calls on others to join it in denouncing sale. Shortly after Internet Society (ISOC) announced a deal to sell Public Interest Registry (which runs .org) to a private equity company, ISOC sent a notice to its local chapters ... Continue Reading13 Comments
ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
· Policy & LawThere is no competition for domain renewals. Internet Society CEO Andrew Sullivan has responded to some of the uproar about his non-profit selling Public Interest Registry to a for-profit private equity company. In his response, he repeats the ... Continue Reading15 Comments
How ICANN uses the .Org registry to fund the Internet Society
· UncategorizedEditor's note: this post is by Nat Cohen. I am publishing it because he provides a rich context for ICANN's proposal to remove price restrictions on .org domain names. Any opinions in this post are those of the author. ICANN awarded the .org ... Continue Reading7 Comments