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Not really profane, but there’s https://get.sucks
I love that the first selling point is > Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name. This one is an extortion racket.
ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
The implicit goal of a project like OpenNIC is to eventually get a seat at the standards compliance table, where they'll be able to convince decisionmakers not to make those assignments in the first place. For now they do (B). They renamed their .free domain to .libre after ICANN registered .free.
Why don't they purchase gTLDs?
I imagine the cost is too much for them or for any business to sponsor them unless it's by a FAANG-level company. $125k is the cost for gTLDs, and 2-letter TLDs can't be bought.
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
I love that the first selling point is > Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name. This one is an extortion racket.
http://facebook.sucks > Registrant Organization: Facebook, Inc. https://whois.nic.sucks
microsoft.sucks, apple.sucks, and google.sucks are registered by their respective companies as well.
Re: ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
#44I'm not really informed enough about this to fully understand it, but if I own a .org domain, can anyone explain to me what repercussion can this have?
Your annual renewal cost will go up.
And ICANN removed any sort of price cap (used to be 7% per year) because fuck non profits and consumers.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really profane, but there’s https://get.sucks
I love that the first selling point is > Protect your identity online so that no one can defame your name. This one is an extortion racket.
It absolutely is. And .sucks domains are much more expensive than most other TLDs.
Re: ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
#46I find it quite impressive that everyone raised their voices, although ICANN and PIR seem to turn a blind eye to them. For a registry, their main costs are nameserver costs and ICANN licensing fees (~$25K for gTLDs, not sure for classic TLDs). It's totally unfair on PIR side to jack the prices up just because they can.
These costs don't sound exorbitant. Are profane TLDs allowed? I'd love to register a particular four letter gTLD. I'm sure it'd make its money back.
Initial registration is $185K, and there is a fair amount of back and forth documentation requirements with ICANN, and if someone else requests the same TLD, there will be a bidding as well.
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#47Re: ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
The implicit goal of a project like OpenNIC is to eventually get a seat at the standards compliance table, where they'll be able to convince decisionmakers not to make those assignments in the first place. For now they do (B). They renamed their .free domain to .libre after ICANN registered .free.
Why don't they purchase gTLDs?
They're ideologically opposed to ICANN's authority over gTLD registration, so even if they could afford to I don't think they'd want to.
Re: ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
#49How was this transaction valued if it was a "private" sale to a private equity firm? Should it not have been done along the lines of a FCC public spectrum auction? Secondly, as I raised this issue previously, why is .org. being commercialized in the first place?
Re: ICA asks ICANN to block .Org private equity deal in damning letter
#50Why is there only one .org registry, anyway? There are multiple registries for .com. I hate to say it, but maybe domain names should be managed on a blockchain, so there's no central authority.
No, there is only one .com Registry: Verisign. There's multiple Registr ar s (the companies you as an individual typically buy your domains at) for .org just as there are for .com
> buy your domains
Rent.
As far as I know, you can't "pay off" a domain. And most of us are at some usually negligible risk of losing a domain by mistake or because someone bigger wanted it.