[article] The Register: Shall we strip price caps from .org, mulls ICANN. Hm, people seem really upset... OK, let's do it

[Ayden Férdeline]

This article is a must-read. While it is hardly a secret that ICANN is unaccountable and captured by industry, this decision is shocking even by the low standards we hold ICANN to:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/01/org_domain_icann/

The price caps have been taken off .org domains, meaning that more than 10 million largely non-profit organizations will end up paying more for their online presence each year ...

Over 3,300 comments – a huge number given that ICANN's public comment periods rarely attract more than 50 – were sent and were overwhelmingly against the price caps being removed. One study noted that over 98 per cent of comments were explicitly opposed to the change. Just six supported lifting the caps, all from industry lobbyists. ...

The fact that ICANN signed a new contract with such far-reaching consequences despite having carried out no economic analysis, despite thousands of comments opposing the change, and then did so without an explanation, or public discussion, or a Board resolution, is indicative of an organization that can, and does, act in its own interests and with impunity, despite the fact its oversees a vast public resource and claims to be acting in the public interest.
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