There 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
Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
· Policy & LawRegistrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN's board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ... Continue Reading9 Comments
ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
· Policy & LawGroup calls out ICANN's "terrible blunder". Internet Commerce Association is asking domain overseer ICANN to block the sale of the .Org registry to Ethos Capital. It sent a damning letter (pdf) to ICANN today that states what many observers are ... Continue Reading29 Comments
Breaking: Private Equity company acquires .Org registry
· ServicesEthos Capital, led by former ABRY Partners Managing Partner, buys .Org registry. I thought this might happen. And now it has. Fresh off ICANN's blunder letting Public Interest Registry set whatever price it wants for .org domain names, Internet ... Continue Reading50 Comments
PIR changes its domain name as part of rebrand
· UncategorizedNon-profit that runs .org moves from PIR to TheNew.org. Public Interest Registry has launched its new branding. And although the logo is what we expected, there's a big twist: PIR has been relegated to the background in favor of .Org. The group ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Public Interest Registry (.org) hires CFO
· Uncategorized.Org manager hires Laurie Tarpey as CFO. Public Interest Registry, the non-profit that manages the .org top level domain name, has hired a new Chief Financial Officer. Laurie Tarpey was most recently the Chief Operating Officer of Raffa, P.C., ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
EFF files reconsideration request over .Org decision
· Policy & LawAdvocacy group blasts ICANN decision to apply URS to legacy top level domain. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a Reconsideration Request with ICANN over the terms of ICANN's contract renewal for .org with Public Interest Registry. It's ... Continue Reading1 Comment
A synopsis of new top level domains
· Policy & LawPIR's take is simple but on point. What is the future of new top level domain names? Is there a tipping point when they go mainstream? Is it just a matter of time? Or, perhaps, they will continue to be sideline players in the domain name ... Continue Reading9 Comments
PIR (.org) releases annual report, shows impact from new Afilias deal
· ServicesMargins are up thanks to renegotiated contract with Afilias. Public Interest Registry (PIR), the organization that operates the .org top level domain, released its 2018 annual report today. The report includes data for 2018 and gives the first ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain overseer lifts all price caps on .Org domain names
· Policy & LawICANN ignores community input and agrees to lift price restrictions on .org domains. As many feared, the comment period was just a formality. ICANN has agreed to remove price restrictions on .org domain names, letting the domain's manager, ... Continue Reading44 Comments