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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Just as some back
        ground to this link Evan has sent out:</font></p>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">.org is the top level
        domain used primary for non-profit organizations (I am being
        generous here -- it is a bit more complicated). .org is managed
        by PIR which stands for Public Interest Registry which is a
        non-profit organization itself. The money from this organization
        goes to fund ISOC which helps chapters around the world deal
        with digital issues including accessibility and literacy. This
        is a lot of money but the arrangement was part of a set aside
        early in the history of the Internet to recognize that the
        Internet should not be reserved totally for for profit ventures
        -- that there was a public interest aspect that needed to be
        recognized and preserved.</font></p>
    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">The current
        controversy, which is creating a lot of turmoil in the internet
        governance world, refers to the fact that ISOC has just
        announced that it was selling PIR to a private equity firm with
        the proceeds from the sale being turned into an endowment to
        fund ISOC. Sounds like a good arrangement -- but what about the
        public interest? Many people feel that the last vestige of the
        early idea that the Internet was a public good has just fallen
        away.<br>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Here is an article
        which explains with more detail. <br>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a
          href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/26/org_selloff_internet/</a><br>
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    <p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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                    <div style="text-align:left">Evan Leibovitch, <span
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                        style="font-size:12.8px">@evanleibovitch or </span><span
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