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> Additionally, in the summer of 2019, PIR’s ten year agreement with ICANN renewed, but under new terms: looser contractual conditions to mirror those for the n
by mirimir 6y ago
> Additionally, in the summer of 2019, PIR’s ten year agreement with ICANN renewed, but under new terms: looser contractual conditions to mirror those for the new gTLDs (yes, including .wtf), including the removal of a price cap and certain other provisions.
It's seems like something got hugely screwed up in PIR's bylaws. I mean, with a name like "Public Interest Registry", you'd think that serving the public interest would be its top priority.
- specialist 6y agoDo the owners (registrants) of domains have any standing in these TLD decisions? Any major change (eg sale) of .org TLD should be put to a vote of the all the .org registrants. Governance. It always boils down to governance. No taxation without representation, and all that.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 6y agoThey have absolutely no say in the current system and are completely at the mercy of these centralized powers.