On 10/12/2019 16:01, Sean McGinnis wrote: > Thanks Allison. And thanks Graham for raising this in the community. > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2019, 10:53 Allison Randal <allison at lohutok.net > <mailto:allison at lohutok.net>> wrote: > > A few more news posts about the topic: > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/ > <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/> > > https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1839860118 > <https://gizmodo.com/private-equity-ghouls-buy-non-profit-that-handles-org-1839860118> > > http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/ > <http://blogs.harvard.edu/sj/2019/11/23/a-tale-of-icann-and-regulatory-capture-the-dot-org-heist/> > > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-domain-months-after-icann-lifted-price-caps/ > <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/11/private-equity-firm-buys-org-domain-months-after-icann-lifted-price-caps/> > > https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/in-which-i-explain-why-all-of-andrew-sullivans-reasons-for-selling-org-are-wrong-449997d42cac > <https://medium.com/@jacobmalthouse/in-which-i-explain-why-all-of-andrew-sullivans-reasons-for-selling-org-are-wrong-449997d42cac> > > https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50515786 > <https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50515786> > > HTH, > Allison <snip/> It seems the pressure on ICANN has had an effect: https://www.icann.org/news/blog/org-update