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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 class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/27/2019 2:45 PM, Evan Leibovitch
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episode is 75 minutes and covers a lot of different topics,
some of which would interest you for other reasons.<br>
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style="font-size:12.8px">@evanleibovitch or </span><span
style="font-size:12.8px">@el56</span></div>
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