[kictanet] The sale of .ORG

[Ali Hussein]

Mwendwa

I see your point.

I just have one more question:-

Who owns ISOC? That answer should put this conversation to rest. And were
the owners consulted? :-)

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On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:15 PM Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
wrote:

> Of course reading Kieren McCarthy's articles will never give a balanced
> view. He looks at things from the most cynical perspective.
>
> Yes, we have been following the debate keenly.
>
> Ali, here is ICANN's allegedly response
> https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/30/icann-says-it-does-not-have-authority-over-org-transaction/
>
> And you cannot really compare the sale as selling a public playground. The
> .org was owned 100% by PIR and in extension ISOC. It is not owned by
> communities, neither is it owned by non profits. Don't let names like Ethos
> Capital or Public Interest Registry fool you. It is all commercial. ISOC
> won a competitive bid to manage the .org in 2003, and they have ultimate
> authority over how they profit from it.
>
> Here I some good reading on the debacle:
>
> 1. The interesting connection between the .Org deal and ICANN
> https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/the-interesting-connection-between-the-org-deal-and-icann/
>
> 2. Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
> https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/29/ethos-paid-1-135-billion-for-org/
>
> 3. ISOC CEO repeats the registry competition fallacy
> https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/26/isoc-ceo-repeats-the-registry-competition-fallacy/
>
> 4. ISOC chapter breaks ranks, criticizes deal to sell .Org
> https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/27/isoc-chapter-breaks-ranks-criticizes-deal-to-sell-org/
>
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 14:03 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Sidney
>>
>> Thanks for sharing. This is akin to selling public land assigned for
>> public good to a private developer.
>>
>> What is going on? And what is ICANN's response to this?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:12 PM Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Have you all be keeping tabs on the sale of the the .org TLD?
>>> Catch up here:
>>> Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private
>>> equity firm, price caps axed:
>>> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/
>>> Please take some time to oppose this here: https://savedotorg.org/
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Sidney
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