Domain Renewals

Tue Apr 7 16:30:09 EEST 2020

Hello all!

Thanks for the suggestion, Vaibhav!

As mentioned, there are some strategies/national Legislations being
discussed on the grounds of prohibitions to service termination or fees
readjustments in terms of connections services and mostly based on the fact
that the Internet is a key element for having access to Information -
especially during the pandemics- and/or a basic human right, and
having the Tampere
Convention
<https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Emergency-Telecommunications/Documents/Tampere_Convention/Tampere_convention.pdf>
as a guide too.  Here in Brazil we have a few legislative initiatives
around this issue in terms of service termination, fees readjustment and
one that even wants to settle what would be a minimum universal data
franchise at 2gb.

In terms of domain renewals, I have not heard anything yet. But I agree
that ICANN has very little to do with it, and that the decision of a
postponement of the fees or even contract termination relies entirely on
the policies adopted independently adopted by each Registry and Registrar
for itself - as @Amr Elsadr <aelsadr at icannpolicy.ninja> mentions. So this
would have to be a separate conversation with Registries and Registrars.

At the same time, I think Peter brings a fair point when he mentions that
some terminations would indirectly result in information no longer being
available online. Therefore, the only possible approach here would be to
start a conversation with Registries and Registrars to hear from them what
is a feasible solution and how adopting anything on the lines of what you
propose would affect the different sizes of companies on this field. But I
would love to hear what others on the SG think about this.

best,
B

Le mar. 7 avr. 2020 à 18:02, Peter Micek <petermicek at gmail.com> a écrit :

> Thanks for getting this idea going. I wholly support calling on the
> industry to take mitigation measures that acknowledge the financial
> pressures and other burdens on registrants at this time.
>
> Not every registrar has to take the same action. Look at this great
> spreadsheet that Steve Song started compiling showing actions by
> regulators, telcos and ISPs, for example, to see the breadth of actions
> available to service providers:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DsJ6YS8hBIpD9CQqVcrASCgGsFo6syDIakZCQohABGQ/edit#gid=0
>
>
> It is entirely reasonable to ask similar of this industry, and I would
> argue that providing discounts, postponing fees, or providing in kind
> services for free at times of crisis aligns with the private sector's duty
> to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and
> Human Rights. Specifically, it would mitigate the risk of people losing
> access to public health information and data that is crucial to understand
> the threat they face to health and wellbeing. Domain registrars can avoid
> causing or contributing to this lack of access by extending services and
> delaying costs.
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 4:38 PM Vaibhav Aggarwal <va at bladebrains.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Kristy. I appreciate it.
>>
>> Amr my few points :
>>
>> 1. There is definitive news in the market where renewals by digital
>> businesses r being curtailed due to their business cycles taking a hit. The
>> data at this juncture may b suppressed or undeclared for obvious reasons;
>>
>> 2. ICANN may not have the power to interfere in the business of
>> individual registries, but it’s obligation is surely not towards them but
>> the consumers. So if NCSG mounts enough pressure, even a recommendation in
>> that direction would have achieved a significant push for the
>> “Non-Commercial” SG, making a statement in the larger interest of the
>> society !
>>
>> 3. There Is a responsibility for every group that should be there to
>> support digital businesses. Zoom for instance, from 5 million users, have
>> gone to 100mil + users over just in 7 days. Please appreciate that the
>> subscriptions that zoom has, are yearly or some are long term.  So we are
>> asking for a couple of months !!
>>
>> 4. As far as the technical aspect is concerned, it is very simple. I
>> don’t suppose as the NCSG we should Not worry about anyone’s business &
>> their revenue cycles.
>>
>> 5. Legally, My suggestion is iron clad. The force Majure Clause in all
>> international agreements including those of the local contracting parties
>> will take care of the extension of the domain renewal dates. 100%
>> enforceable by law !
>>
>> Just a few points to ponder. We can discuss more.
>>
>> Regards
>> -VA
>>
>> Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted.
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2020, at 1:31 AM, Kristi Hoffmaster <
>> kristi.hoffmaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Kristi - first commment since joining.  I think that is very smart and
>> makes sense. Great idea.
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 3:46 PM Vaibhav Aggarwal <va at bladebrains.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Team,
>>>
>>> I hope everyone is Well & taking good care in this tough global
>>> situation.
>>>
>>> I have a question - while the business globally is stand still, there
>>> are domain renewals that are coming up. Why should the domain renewals be
>>> not  given a grace of at least 2 months before they expire (for the months
>>> of April & May).
>>>
>>> Most of the Digital platforms which are there for listing, online
>>> businesses, are allowing extended listing complimentary in the interest of
>>> business.
>>>
>>> Just raising - if we agree, which makes complete sense, then we can
>>> draft a formal letter to the board & the registry group for taking this
>>> forward quickly.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> -Vaibhav Aggarwal
>>> Vaibhavaggarwal.com
>>> Twitter : @TheVaibhavAg
>>> FB : vaibhav.tiger
>>>
>>> Sent from my mobile device. Typos regretted.
>>
>>
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