ICANN hits pause on the sale of .ORG to Republican billionaires' private equity fund

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/12/16/its-an-ethos.html

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Corruption in plain sight — it’s the American way.

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This is a huge story for so many small non-profits. Thanks for covering it.

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“Ethos then buys the Public Interest Registry from ISOC for a little over a billion dollars – about a billion dollars less than it’s likely worth…”

Maybe the hold on the sale is intended to bump up the price.

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This is good news, I hope it remains so.

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Yes, paused, until the scrutiny goes away. Then it’s full steam ahead… :-/

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