Despite .org decision, ICANN not opposed to private equity companies in the domain name business. Last Thursday, ICANN's Board of Directors decided to nix a deal for Internet Society to sell the .org registry to a private equity company. The ... Continue Reading3 Comments
ISOC: .Org no longer for sale
· Policy & LawInternet Society says it doesn't plan to sell .org after ICANN rejects Ethos deal. Internet Society (ISOC) has poured cold water on the idea that Ethos Capital might still be able to pull off a purchase of the .org top level domain. In a post on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Breaking: ICANN rejects .org sale to private equity company
· Policy & LawICANN denies controversial $1.135 billion sale. ICANN's Board of Directors today decided to withhold consent on the sale of the .org registry to private equity company Ethos Capital. The deal would have seen the .org registry transfer from ... Continue Reading11 Comments
ICANN’s Attorney General problem
· Policy & LawICANN has a big problem if it can't placate the California Attorney General. ICANN's Board of Directors was ready to decide on whether or not to approve the sale of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit registry overseeing the .org ... Continue Reading8 Comments
ICANN postpones .org decision after California AG says sale shouldn’t happen
· Policy & LawDeadline pushed back two weeks to May 4. ICANN's due date to decide if it should allow Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company that runs the .org domain, to be sold to a private equity company has been delayed again. ICANN and PIR agreed to ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Ethos Capital clarifies .org promises as decision nears
· Policy & LawCompany clarifies commitments as decision date nears. It appears that Ethos Capital, the company trying to acquire .org registry Public Interest Registry, and ICANN are closely negotiating to make a decision on the deal this month. Today, Ethos ... Continue Reading2 Comments
What’s next for .Org in light of COVID-19
· Policy & LawA pandemic throws a new wrinkle in the deal to sell off .org. Public Interest Registry, Ethos Capital and Internet Society have agreed to extend the deadline for ICANN to make a decision on the sale of .org to April 20. They want ICANN to decide by ... Continue Reading6 Comments
.Org update: Two more opportunities to comment on proposed takeover
· Policy & LawPIR and ICANN offering more opportunities to provide feedback. People with opinions on Ethos Capital's planned takeover of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, have two upcoming opportunities to be ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Former ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom commenting on .Org deal
· Policy & LawBeckstrom posed arguments during forum last week. On February 11, American University Washington College of Law held a program about the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos Capital. Former ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom was in attendance, and he ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Ethos adds legally-binding provisions to try to save .Org deal
· Policy & Law8-year price cap, censorship and data controls would be baked into registry agreement amendment. Ethos Capital, the company that is trying to acquire the .Org registry, took a big step today to try to push it over the finish line. It agreed to add ... Continue Reading16 Comments