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'''Public Interest Registry''' is a corporation formed in 2002, as a not-for Profit Corporation. PIR.org took over the responsibility of operating the .ORG from VeriSign in 2003. PIR.org also maintains the authoritative database of .ORG domain names.

'''Public Interest Registry''' (PIR) is a generic top-level Domain registry (gTLD registry) that manages the .org top level domain (TLD). A not-for-profit organization, PIR came into existence on 1 January 2003, through the efforts of Reston, Virginia, US-headquartered "The Internet Society". PIR was formed to take over the operation and maintenance of the .org domain and its database from Verisign Global Registry Services, a division of Verisign. The organization has its office at Reston, Virginia.

== People ==

== People ==