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Why did com net org domains try in past, price gouging?

• diggan 3y ago
  Two events that come to mind: - The attempt to remove price caps on .org and .info by ICANN, seen as testing the waters for doing the same with .com if the cap removal was successful, which it wasn't - PIR (operator of .org) was almost sold to some shell company which was gonna transform it into a for-profit from it's current non-profit, this was blocked by ICANN if I remember correctly Maybe there are more that I don't know about/don't remember
  • donmcronald 3y ago
    > The attempt to remove price caps on .org and .info by ICANN I thought those were removed for .org. Did this [1] get reversed? 1. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/icann-eliminates-org-domain-price-caps-despite-lopsided-opposition/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/icann-eliminates...
  • NewJazz 3y ago
    >this was blocked by ICANN if I remember correctly ICANN executives were in on the play IIRC. They abandoned efforts once regulators started scrutinizing.
  • renewiltord 3y ago
    It was blocked by the California Attorney General threatening to investigate them. Essentially, historical accident of ICANN being a California-incorporated 501c3 rescued .org from the ICANN board.
• cqqxo4zV46cp 3y ago
  Why? Because they can?