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PIR calls for nominations for .Org Impact Awards

10 organizations that use .org domains will take home a total of $85,000. Public Interest Registry, the registry that manages .org domains, has opened nominations for its 2020 .Org Impact Awards. This year’s awards are a bit different from last year. Due to Covid-19, the awards will be announced online in “The Ten Days of […]

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ICANN’s .org decision was NOT unanimous, and it was made in secret

When ICANN announced its decision to deny Public Interest Registry’s request to be acquired by Ethos Capital at the end of April, I felt a little foolish. I’d confidently predicted just days earlier that the decision by the board would not ...

May 13, 2020 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, ethos, isoc, transparency

.org sale officially dead

Public Interest Registry has formally announced that its proposed $1.13 billion acquisition by Ethos Capital is dead. The company told ICANN yesterday that it is withdrawing its request for a change of control under its .org contract and that it &#8220...

May 13, 2020 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, ethos, isoc, public interest registry

2145 – Available NNNN.org domains for only $6.99

NNNN.com & NNNN.net domains aren’t available to hand registered as all combinations are currently registered either by end-users or domain name investors, So while carrying out some research I noticed that over 2000 NNNN.org domain names are available to register out of the possible 10,000 combinations of NNNN domains – I reviewed sales data available […]

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May 13, 2020 Robbie Available Domain Names, Available Domains, Available To Register, Domain Aftermarket, Domaining.com, nnnn, NNNN.org, Register A .org domain, Register.org

The .org deal may be dead and buried, but calls remain for PIR to lose its contract

The Internet Society has revealed that the .org registry operator PIR is no longer for sale. The news came in a statement from ISOC chair Andrew Sullivan late Friday, less than 24 hours after ICANN withheld its consent for the proposed $1.13 billion ac...

May 4, 2020 Kevin Murphy ccor, Domain Registries, ethos, isoc

“Dangerous precedent” as ICANN rejects $1.13 billion .org buyout

In a decision that will shock many, ICANN won’t let Ethos Capital buy Public Interest Registry from the Internet Society. Its board of directors yesterday voted to reject PIR’s request for a change of control of the .org contract, saying th...

May 1, 2020 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, ethos, isoc

Decision on .org deal may come sooner than you think

If you’re against the acquisition of .org and are thinking about an objection or spot of lobbying at the eleventh hour, be aware: this is the eleventh hour. The deal, which would see Ethos Capital buy Public Interest Registry from the Internet So...

April 28, 2020 Kevin Murphy Domain Registries, ethos, isoc

As ICANN meets to decide .org’s fate, California AG says billion-dollar deal must be rejected

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has urged ICANN to deny approval of Ethos Capital’s $1.13 billion acquisition of .org manager Public Interest Registry. The call came in a letter (pdf) dated yesterday, just a day before ICANN’s bo...

April 16, 2020 Kevin Murphy caag, Domain Policy, ethos, isoc, price caps

Ethos Capital clarifies .org promises as decision nears

Company clarifies commitments as decision date nears. It appears that Ethos Capital, the company trying to acquire .org registry Public Interest Registry, and ICANN are closely negotiating to make a decision on the deal this month. Today, Ethos announced that it would strengthen its Public Interest Commitment (PIC) with six new provisions. From its post: […]

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April 9, 2020 Andrew Allemann Ethos Capital, Policy & Law

Ethos clarifies .org price rises, promises to reveal number of censored domains

Public Interest Registry and would-be owner Ethos Capital have slightly revised the set of promises they hope to keep if ICANN approves the $1.13 billion acquisition. Notably, in updating their proposed Public Interest Commitments (pdf), they’ve ...

April 9, 2020 Kevin Murphy censorship, Domain Registries, ethos, free speech, isoc, pics, price caps

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