.....it is also worth noting that this has been done by folks other than GoDaddy for some time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Brody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Paul Chvostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: protecting ourselves from scammers
> Go Daddy has started offering Whois Records of this nature and they keep > the 'true' whois information internally. Their reational is that the > information needs to be available should a legal entity subpeona the > records but users should haver the right to unlisted domain names. They > claim to have done the legal research and have ICANN approval. > > I am not an attorney but their claim makes sense to me. I am currently > implementing a system similar. Where the whois info will read customer777 > at TLD Systems, mailing address Box 777 at TLD Systems with the email > address being [EMAIL PROTECTED] and that email address being > forwarded to a mailbox that the domain owner has access to. > > In this way the Whois information is technically acccurate since the > information can be used to contact the domain owner. And the owner can > respond to snail mail and email. But their identity is protected. > > This works fine for com / net / org. I have not yet researched how well > if works with us / info / biz nor has it been tested through the legal > system. But we have all of the contact information locally should the > need arise. > > Michael > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Paul Chvostek wrote: > > > > > Over the last few days, I've noticed a number of domains with admin > > contact records listing the name of the admin contact but a physical > > address that is "c/o" the ISP's address. > > > > Presumably this practise is being recommended by some ISPs trying to > > thwart the confusion generated by DROC and the like, but does anyone > > have an opinion as to the legality of it? Especially for .CA domains? > > > > Does "care-of" on a contact record imply any sort of legal relationship > > between the registrant and the listed company? > > > > >
