Re: [ga] Bulk Whois Data Issue

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Bill and all assembly members,

  Bill, I am in complete agreement with you.  Perhaps you confused
my response to George with George's response to my previous post?

William S. Lovell wrote:

>    Absurdity reaches new heights.  One can also keep one's name out of
> the
> phone book by not having a phone, or out of the Motor Vehicle
> Department's
> lists by having neither a driver's license nor a car. But both of
> those
> entities
> have procedures for protecting their user's privacy. The Internet, or
> indeed
> a domain name, are rapidly becoming necessary parts of doing business,
> and
> indeed a healthy means for self expression by private citizens. To
> suggest that
> one must necessarily give away all rights of privacy just because some
>
> registrar
> sees yet one more way to squeeze out a buck is unconscionable.
>
> I guess that's the kind of thing one learns in Economics/Finance
> schools.
>
> Bill Lovell
>
> George Kirikos wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >--- Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  The complaintant would file for a subpoena to the registrar for
> the
> >>information that they are requesting.
> >>
> >
> >This raises legal and business costs enormously. Good for the
> lawyers,
> >but not for everyone else.
> >
> >I think a domain name is a privilege, not a right. Registrants have
> the
> >possibility to keep their WHOIS data private simply by not buying a
> >domain name, in which case they'd not be bound by the registrant
> >contract.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >George Kirikos
> >http://www.kirikos.com/
> >
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