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ICANN Seeks Input on Public Interest Registry Commitments

ICANN wants feedback in a week on updated public interest commitments for .org, President Goran Marby blogged Wednesday. The Public Interest Registry, which the Internet Society proposed selling to Ethos Capital, revised its PICs in response to ICANN questions (see…

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2003090027). The changes include a pricing table that further clarifies the maximum service fee to be charged for .org domain names, and assurances a stewardship council will start within six months of the PIC being added to PIR's registry agreement. Marby wrote that "PICs are enforceable by ICANN," noting board members "have reservations" about their enforceability. The organization must decide by April 20 whether to greenlight the deal.