ICANN

ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital

ICANN board has voted to reject the sale of the .org registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital

Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN.

After ICANN lifted price caps on .org domains in June, the Internet Society has sold Public Interest Registry, the top level domain's operator, to PE firm Ethos

Ethos Capital, led by former ABRY Partners Managing Partner, buys .Org registry.  —  I thought this might happen.  And now it has.