The battle over the future of .org domain names is over. For now. An organization called Icann, short for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, handles the internet's address book. It's ...

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For decades, .org domain names have been the home for nonprofit organizations on the internet. Groups including the Red Cross, the Sierra Club, and the Heritage Foundation use them, as do many smaller ...

A private equity firm has acquired the .org domain registry months after ICANN lifted the long-standing price cap on the domain extension. Credit: Getty Images A private equity firm will soon run the ...

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What’s in a domain name? As Shakespeare might say, that which we call an “.org” by any other name would enjoy the same sweet reputation. Or would it? Some nonprofit groups are worried they could face ...

Esther Dyson served as the founding chair of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers from 1998 to 2000. She serves on the boards for a number of nonprofit organizations that use ...