[kictanet] The sale of .ORG

[Liz Orembo]

@Lordmwesh,  history has it that it won the auction and was awarded .Org
because of its public interest outfit.

Check this out
http://www.ahfb2000.com/threads/1068-Verisign-loses-org?p=5368&viewfull=1




On Mon, Dec 2, 2019, 19:03 Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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> Regards
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> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 4:15 PM Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com>
> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
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>>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 1:12 PM Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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>>>> 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/
>>>>
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>>>> Sidney
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