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by marcinzm 2610 days ago
Probably the usual, the people running the non-profit have financial ties (direct or indirect) to the people who'd make money from increasing the price cap.
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I did some quick analysis...

7/20 ICANN board members have ties to Internet Society (which manages PIR - the .ORG registry), to PIR directly or NeuStar (managing .biz registry). That was just from reading their bios on ICANN.

4/8 PIR members were connected to ICANN previously or are still active in some capacity (including former board member and former liaison to the board).