At 7:20 PM -0400 7/25/00, Charles Daminato wrote:
>That's a very interesting question... I'll have to ask about that. It
>would be quite simple to add that information - as long as we have the
>legal right to do so. I'm not sure (as I'm not a lawyer) but.. doesn't
>that 'legalize' go strictly against some form of "Freedom of Information
>Act" - or am I just rambling? *I ramble, it's ok...you can tell me*
Legally, it's a very gray area itself. The FOIA has nothing to do
with domain names.
What's at issue is whether YOU own the data about me (and hence can
copyright it), or whether _I_ own the data about me.
If YOU own it, then you can put an NSI-like notice up, claim
ownership and sue the pants off someone who abuses their license on
the data. That ties up your lawyers and your energy. It also puts you
at odds with people who will claim that their address and phone
number and information about THEM belongs to THEM.
If I own it, then you might be able to put up a notice akin to "This
data is copyrighted by the domain-holder, blah blah blah", but those
blah's would have to (a) be CAREFULLY crafted, (b) agreed to by every
domain-holder (not just resellers, for whom it is easy to change the
rules on *G*), and (c) would probably VARY from domain-holder to
domain-holder (depending on each company or person's personal
requirements).
The first gets you into potential hassles, so does the second.
There are other points to this issue as well, I'm sure, but these are
some highlights to think about.
d
