Thanks, Sam!
Julf
On 18-01-2020 18:44, Sam Lanfranco wrote:
> Here is a section from the Washington Post article by Esther Dyson that
> is left out of the abbreviated version at Benton.org:
>
> I [Esther Dyson] have joined a group of peers in philanthropic and
> Internet leadership to offer an alternative: a cooperative organization
> (the Cooperative Corporation for .ORG Registrants, or CCOR) with
> membership and voting power in the hands of the Internet’s 10
> million-plus dot-org users. This new organization is designed to keep
> dot-org in the hands of its rightful owners: the user community. The
> co-op is committed to keeping dot-org safe, secure and free of any
> motivation to profit off its users’ data or to upsell them pricy add-ons.
>
> The current, founding members of the board of CCOR, me included, are not
> interested in owning or even managing the dot-org registry. We have
> committed to stepping aside as soon as possible to allow democratically
> elected members to serve. Before that can happen, though, ICANN must
> exercise its authority to deny the sale and consider alternatives.
>
> Sam L.
>
> There is a seriously abbreviated version
> at: https://www.benton.org/headlines/don%E2%80%99t-give-your-dot-org-domain-away-private-company
> <https://www.benton.org/headlines/don%E2%80%99t-give-your-dot-org-domain-away-private-company>
> Sam
>
> On 18-01-2020 16:09, Paul Rosenzweig wrote:
> > Esther Dyson has this op-ed in the Washington Post, today
> >
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-give-your-dot-org-domain-away-to-a-private-company/2020/01/17/c858d250-3950-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html
>