Re: [ga] Bulk Whois Data Issue

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

Joanna Lane wrote:

> George Kirikos
> > Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 12:32 AM
> > As for self-expression by private citizens, at that point they're
> > becoming "publishers", and have entered the public arena, and left the
> > private one.
>
> What the vast majority of those currently involved in ICANN understand about
> publishing can be written on a postage stamp.

  Present company excluded of course, right Joanna?  >;)  But really
I have to agree with Joanna here in this remark/assertion.

> Do you really believe that an
> individual with only one address and phone number should be denied
> registration services unless they publish their home address and phone
> number for all the world to see? If those are the rules, what kind of public
> resource would that be?

  No of course they should not.  I can't understand a reasonable need to
make such a requirement for a potential registrant.  And if those are to
be the regulations/rules, than it is not a public resource that meets the
White Paper requirement of being stable enough to be such a public
resource.  Nor would it be a safe resource for most citizens/stakeholders.

>
>
> -snip -
>
> Consider the little old lady who gains access to the internet through her
> local library and wants to log onto a family website to see her
> grandchildren. The latest statistics I have for online stalking in the US
> claim 1 in 5 teenagers have been solicited online by a pedophile through
> instant messaging. Shocking as this is, the risks pale into insignificance
> compared to joining all the dots between website content (photos of young
> children) and contact details for the owner (the parent's home address.)

  Yes this is a problem to be sure.  Content regulation is already becoming
a issue of huge proportions.  But Joanna, this is really not relevant directly
to WHOIS data on Domain Names...

>
>
> The bottom line is that individuals who register unchartered domains for non
> commercial purposes must have the absolute right to withhold details of
> their physical location from the public domain. Stuff the trademark lobby.
> They are putting people, and especially children, at risk of physical harm.

  We agree strongly with this statement.  We would also add that opt-in
and opt-out for any personal private information at registration time
for any domain name should be at the discretion of the registrant
without condition or restriction.  To do otherwise will create a huge
problem with stalking, abuse by registrars, increase spam significantly,
promote net fraud, and disabuse individual personal privacy rights
in the US and most democratic countries.

>
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > George Kirikos
> > http://www.kirikos.com/
> >
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