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This is why the change in ownership to private equity of .ORG TLD is problematic. What if the owners, or owners after it is sold further down the line, of the
by drawkbox 7y ago
This is why the change in ownership to private equity of .ORG TLD is problematic.
What if the owners, or owners after it is sold further down the line, of the .ORG TLD prevent archiving? Or charge more for that? That would greatly affect web archive.org and Wikipedia.org.
This move on preventing archival actions is probably setup to allow them to block it later after the sale goes through and say that it was a policy before they started it. A bit like how they lifted .ORG pricing limits just before .ORG TLD was sold to Ethos Capital.
.ORG TLD looks to be targeted right now.
- Diagon 7y agoWait. You're saying that the owners of the .org TLD could put restrictions on the use of those domain names? And something like "can't be used for archiving" is a legal possibility? I admit to legal ignorance, but this does seem over the top.