internet society
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$2 Billion Sale Of .Org Registry To Private Equity Leeches Voted Down By ICANN
Something good has happened for once: The Internet Corp for Assigned Names and Numbers voted to block its partner organisation, the Internet Society, from selling off control over the .org domain registry to private equity goons in a deal opposed by virtually everyone who wouldn’t have an opportunity to cash in.
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U.S. Senators Still Sceptical .ORG Sale To Private Equity Firm Won’t Harm Nonprofits
In a letter last month, a group of U.S. lawmakers voice concerns about the proposed sale of the .ORG top-level domain to Ethos Capital, a private equity firm founded last year. Announced in November by ICANN, the organisation that manages all internet domain names, the sale has worried nonprofits, which have traditionally made the .org…