>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:23:43 -0400 >From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Politech] More on open letter to PFIR on "Whois" privacy [priv]
>My own views, for what they're worth, are in a column here: >http://news.com.com/Privacy+reduction's+next+act/2010-1028_3-5155054.html > >An excerpt: >If you buy a domain name, current regulations created by the Internet >Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) say you must make >public "accurate and reliable contact details and promptly correct and >update them during the term of the...registration, including: the full >name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax >number." >Who wants to make that kind of personal information public for the >benefit of spammers, direct marketers and snoops? You shouldn't have to >publish your home address--and other personal details--to everyone in >the world just to own a domain name. And if you decide to lie by typing >in "1 Nowhere Road," I don't see why you should be punished for >attempting to protect your and your family's privacy. >There are plenty of legitimate reasons why domain name holders might >leave their address blank. [...] >These rights to anonymity are enshrined in the Bill of Rights, both in >the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, and in the >Ninth Amendment, which was intended to curb government's power. [...] > >-Declan D McC is right on the mark, as usual. D McC is a national treasure, in the Nip sense. You rape the constitution, we go for head shots. Any questions, punk?
