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Public Interest Registry, the non-profit organization managing the .ORG Top Level Domain (TLD) has been sold to investment firm Ethos Capital.
PIR was established by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage and operate the .ORG domain. Since then, .ORG has risen to become the largest purpose-driven domain used by millions of organizations and others to achieve their online goals.
[...]“This is an important and exciting development for both the Internet Society and Public Interest Registry,” said Andrew Sullivan, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Society, the organization that established Public Interest Registry. “This transaction will provide the Internet Society with an endowment of sustainable funding and the resources to advance our mission on a broader scale as we continue our work to make the Internet more open, accessible and secure – for everyone.
Obviously this comes as a complete and utter surprise to everybody, a couple of months after ICANN eliminated the .org price cap despite overwhelming opposition.
All of PIR’s domain operations and educational initiatives will continue, and there will be no disruption of service or support to the .ORG Community or other generic top-level domains operated by the organization.
It looks like all parties involved wisely decided not to comment on any expected price increases though.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday November 16 2019, @01:00AM (3 children)
Eh, not a great idea. Companies fold and people die. Both should free the name up for reuse but dead people and closed companies tend not to notify anyone that they don't exist anymore. Needs to be limited time with a respectable grace period where the name will be parked and cannot be reissued to anyone but you in case you forget to. Maybe three or four year registrations and one year grace.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by exaeta on Saturday November 16 2019, @07:18PM (2 children)
The idea is that names aren't reissued to different entities.
~indv.bob_smith97 doesn't need to be reused. Bob Smith can have ~indv.bob_smith98 instead.
If companies die then I see that as a valid ground for termination of registration, since a new company could be formed under the same name. Checking every ~5 years sounds sufficient to me.
The Government is a Bird
(Score: 2) by exaeta on Saturday November 16 2019, @07:21PM (1 child)
On further thought, I guess trademarks should be renewed every year, since they can change hands and etc. Probably require renewal of ~anon as well.
The Government is a Bird
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 18 2019, @02:16AM
Not shooting you down, just passing out some free debugging.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.