ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney general intervenes

Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by leetcrew on Friday April 17, 2020 @12:56PM (#22900710)

> There is no perfect solution of course, but generally speaking ORG domains have been used to signal that you are an organization vs. a corporation, and potentially a non-profit.

this is the convention, but I don't think it's ever been enforced by the registrar. see questions 5, 7, and 8 on this archived faq: https://archive.is/20120716084313/http://pir.org/get/faq/gen...

what I'm getting at is: if ICANN never enforced the convention in the first place, and they are selling it to someone else who also doesn't intend to enforce it, what should I expect to change?

when it comes to security in particular, conventions that are usually (but not always) followed are often worse than having no convention at all. it sets dangerous expectations for lay people.

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Re:ICANN delays .org selloff after California’s attorney gen... by sbarre on Friday April 17, 2020 @03:15PM (#22902022)

> what I'm getting at is: if ICANN never enforced the convention in the first place, and they are selling it to someone else who also doesn't intend to enforce it, what should I expect to change?

I think the biggest concern with this sale is around pricing more than "correctness of use", where I agree with you the ship has long sailed.

Selling PIR to a for-profit company, a private equity firm no less, means you can pretty much 100% guarantee that in the future pricing would be increasingly profit-driven.

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