Re: [nc-whois] CDA vs. WHOIS accuracy

[Bret Fausett <baf@fausett.com>]

While I think the decision is interesting for a lot of reasons, it shouldn't
affect the work we're doing in this task force. The Court ruled that an
aggrieved party couldn't sue a domain name registrar for defamatory
statements made by a registrant. If followed, the case may mean that certain
U.S. remedies are now unavailable in a court of law, but it doesn't change
the requirements on registrars and registrants within the ICANN arena (or
alter ICANN's ability to enforce its own contracts).

For anyone who is interested, I've posted a copy of the decision to my
website: http://www.lextext.com/intercosmos.html

        Bret

Thomas Roessler wrote:
> You may wish to have a look at Martin Schwimmer's blog at
> <http://trademark.blog.us/blog/2003/01/06.html#a369>.