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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 ==