ICANN board rejects the sale of the .org registry to private quietly firm Ethos Capital [techmeme.com]
The only reason ICANN did the right thing "for now" was a huge public backlash that didn't reach critical mainstream until it was nearly too late. But thankfully it did, & it prompted (among other reasons) intervention from powerful people who prevailed to stop this deal from happening.
Even though the internet community has won out, it’s far from over really as they’ll try this shit again.