renewal changes

[Tootie <tootie@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would like to encourage ICANN to rethink the removal of price caps from
the contracts for the .org, .info and .biz TLDs. By allowing registrars to
scale pricing based on what *they* believe a domain is worth, you could be
putting thousands or even millions of small business internet marketers out
of business and risk harming millions of small non-profit organizations who
simply could not afford to pay what their registrar asked on the meager
donations they recieve.  The economic backlash could be unimaginable.

There are millions of families who depend on the income that they recieve
from their online endeavors as their sole means of support.  If their
registrar suddenly demanded a massive fee from them to renew their domains,
if they could not afford it, they would be put out of business completely.
This is not a fair business practice, and in the case of trademark holders,
might even border on extortion.  Imagine a trademark holder who has the
right by law to demand large fees for use of *their* trademark, suddenly
being forced to pay tens of thousands or perhaps millions of dollars just to
control the domain of their own trademark!  That would set the stage for
some very large and costly lawsuits and further clog an overburdened
judicial system.

There are so many reasons for ICANN to have in the contract that registrars
cannot set arbitrary pricing.  Please, I urge you to think of the economic
repercussions of this action and consider denying registrars the right to
set pricing on a per-domain basis.

Thank you,
Tara S.