A group of prominent internet pioneers is mobilizing to block the $1.1 billion s...
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of prominent internet pioneers is mobilizing to block the $1.1 billion sale of control of the .org internet domain, arguing that the takeover of .org by a newly formed private company would hurt the millions of nonprofits that rely on it.
In a move to press the U.S.-based ICANN to block the sale, prominent internet executives told Reuters they have created a nonprofit cooperative they are offering as an alternative owner of .org. “The Internet Society’s central focus is not on domain name operations,” the Internet Society said in a statement on Tuesday. “We need to focus on the goals we have - to make the Internet available to the people who don’t have it, and to make sure the Internet is defended against its attackers.”
Some said they see ICANN’s response to the deal as a critical test of its sole authority over a rapidly expanding domain name system already dominated by private industry and subject to government pressures. The advocacy group Electronic Frontier Foundation , which previously organized a protest over the .org sale that drew in organizations including the YMCA of the United States, Greenpeace, and Consumer Reports, is also supporting the cooperative.
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