The Quest To Save .Org From Being Ruined By Private Equity Motherboard

Experts, consumer groups, registrars and activists are working overtime to prevent the .org domain system—and the internet at large—from being undermined by greed. Last month the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the agency that manages the .org domain, announced it would be selling itself to Ethos Capital, a private equity fund with links to Republican billionaire families like the Perots and Romneys. And last June ICANN—the organization tasked with managing all internet domains—voted to eliminate all…

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