--- Gary Nunn,
Interesting.... I shall ask around about this at
CFP....
Meanwhile thrive!
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>
> Dr. Brin, I thought you might find this interesting
> considering some of your
> recent posts concerning privacy, government and
> rights...
>
> This is an interesting and somewhat perplexing
> development in the rights to
> use private domain registrations with .US domains.
> As of Jan 6, 2006, one
> cannot use a private registration for .US domains.
> See letter below from
> GoDaddy.
>
> I personally don't have any .US domains, but I do
> have several .COM's that I
> have elected to use private registrations for. For
> those not familiar...
> Private registrations allow one to register a domain
> and use a "proxy"
> company as the registrant. If you look up my
> children's domains, the
> registration information is listed as "Domains By
> Proxy", but yet I keep
> full ownership and control of the domain. This is
> strictly a safety and
> privacy issue to keep weirdoes and strangers from
> being able to easily track
> down the location of me or my kids. It also has the
> added benefit of
> reducing SPAM.
>
> I am a little perplexed as to why they chose to only
> specify .US domains and
> not any of the other extensions, also, this was
> unnecessary as the proxy
> companies still have valid contact information for
> domain owners as well as
> credit card numbers, mailing addresses and email
> addresses. It would be no
> more or less difficult to track someone through the
> proxy company as it
> would the domain registrar.
>
> My guess is that .COM's, .NET's and all of the other
> domain extensions will
> be next...
>
>
>
> Letter from Go Daddy....
>
>
> Dear Valued Go Daddy Customer,
>
> Today I have the unfortunate responsibility of
> informing you that there has
> been a decision made by bureaucrats of a Federal
> agency that takes away your
> right to privacy as guaranteed by the United States
> Constitution.
>
> This decision was unilaterally made by the National
> Telecommunications and
> Information Association ("NTIA") www.ntia.doc.gov
> <http://www.ntia.doc.gov/>
> without hearings that would determine the impact on
> those affected, and
> delivered without notice - in short, the NTIA
> decision was made without due
> process of any kind. This is exactly how our
> government is not supposed to
> work.
>
> The effect of this decision is to disallow new
> private domain name
> registrations on .US domain names. In addition, if
> you already own a private
> .US domain name registration, you will be forced to
> forfeit your privacy no
> later than January 26, 2006. By that time, you will
> need to choose between
> either making your personal information available to
> anyone who wants to see
> it, or giving up your right to that domain name.
>
> I personally find it ironic that our right to .US
> privacy was stripped away,
> without due process, by a federal government agency
> - an agency that should
> be looking out for our individual rights. For the
> NTIA to choose the .US
> extension is the ultimate slap in your face. .US is
> the only domain name
> that is specifically intended for Americans (and
> also those who have a
> physical presence in our great country). So think
> about this for a moment.
> These bureaucrats stripped away the privacy that
> you're entitled to as an
> American, on the only domain name that says that you
> are an American. I am
> outraged by this - you should be also.
>
> If, like me, you are outraged at the NTIA's decision
> to strip away our
> constitutional right to privacy,
> www.TheDangerOfNoPrivacy.com
> <http://www.thedangerofnoprivacy.com/?isc=GDG0329US>
> will provide you with
> a petition to sign. (Only your name will be
> published, your address and
> email information will be kept private.) This Web
> site also provides a very
> easy way for you to send either a fax or an email,
> expressing your outrage,
> to your Congressperson and Senators. This is all
> provided at no cost to you.
> All that is required is for you to take the time to
> visit
> www.TheDangerOfNoPrivacy.com
> <http://www.thedangerofnoprivacy.com/?isc=GDG0329US>
> sign the petition, and
> send the fax or email to your legislators.
>
> On my personal Blog, www.BobParsons.com
>
<http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/blogredirect.asp?isc=GDG0329US>
> there are a
> number of articles where you can learn more about
> the NTIA's unfortunate
> decision and what you can do to help get it
> reversed.
>
> I also will be talking about our right to privacy on
> Radio Go Daddy, our
> weekly radio show that debuts today, March 30, at 7
> PM PST. To find out how
> to listen in, please visit the Web site dedicated to
> the show,
> www.RadioGoDaddy.com
>
<http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/radio.asp?isc=GDG0329US>
> .
>
> You can be sure that I, and everyone at GoDaddy.com,
> will do everything in
> our power to get the NTIA decision reversed.
> However, we need your help.
> Please visit www.TheDangerOfNoPrivacy.com
> <http://www.thedangerofnoprivacy.com/?isc=GDG0329US>
> to sign the petition
> and express your feelings to your Congressperson and
> Senators.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
<http://imagesak.godaddy.com/promos/htmlemails/Bob_Sig.gif>
>
> Bob Parsons
> President and Founder
> GoDaddy.com
>
>
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