Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed

Internet world despairs as non-profit .org sold for $$$$ to private equity firm, price caps axed

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/20/org_registry_sale_shambles/

Special report The sale of one of the internet’s most popular registries to a private equity firm has revived concerns over how the domain name system is governed.

At the end of last week, the Internet Society (ISOC) announced that it has sold the rights to the .org registry for an undisclosed sum to a private equity company called Ethos Capital.