Re: [ga] WHOIS accuracy, and name deletions

[Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>]

I very much agree with the position outlined below. I would rather have a
voluntary WHOIS (meaning you can be in there with the data you want,
except perhaps some bare minimum for TECHNICAL contact, say email
address), but I guess the power of the Intellectual Property People is too
big to achieve that. So let's make it easy then for all of us. And fair.

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, at 00:17 [=GMT-0500], Srikanth Narra wrote:

> Deleting a domain because of inaccurate WHOIS record is not right. Someone
> paid for it. If the registrar didn't have problem accepting the money - they
> or someone else should not invent causes to delete it.
>
> I can not comprehend and am yet to hear a single legitimate reason or
> benefit that comes from a domain being deleted because of an inaccurate
> WHOIS record. If its current policy then its wrong policy and should be
> changed.
>
> Even in (extreme) cases like say spamming or malicious virus attacks, etc.
> from a domain with inaccurate WHOIS record. I don't see any reason for the
> domain to be deleted. The domain marked be marked and left disabled.
>
> Adding and displaying a few fields
>
> a. Status - [Disabled]
> b. Reason - [Spam /Court order?]
> c. Whom to contact to Enable - [Registrar contact info]
>
> along with/to WHOIS record should take care of providing concrete notice and
> issues arising from trying to reach the registrant with no irreversible harm
> done.
>
> If the entity behind the domain is genuine - they will contact sooner or
> later. Else the domain allowed to die its natural death in continued Disable
> stage AFTER its time runs out. A check can be enforced at the time of
> renewal for the MARKED domains to ensure the WHOIS record is right.
>
> Between this and existing established law, procedure and channels to take
> things to next step - I can not think of any issues that can not be handled.
>
> An organization, society or a civilization is only
>
> as robust as rights that exist within it for all parties and
> as honorable as the fairness, the extent and the manner in which such rights
> are enforced.
>
> I am hoping there is still some sense of honor and some resemblance of
> fairplay left.
>
> Sri
>
>
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