Internet nonprofit leaders fight deal to sell control of .org domain

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Internet nonprofit leaders fight deal to sell control of .org domain

Could land in hands of a commercial owner.

A group of prominent internet pioneers is mobilising to block the US$1.1 billion (A$1.6 billion) sale of control of the .org internet domain, arguing that the takeover of .org by a newly formed private company would hurt the millions of nonprofits that rely on it. Registrations for websites ...

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