At 01:52 PM 2/27/99 +0000, you wrote:
> Exactly right, it is the registration date that counts. With a Mark, it is
>the date it is used in commerce, not the date it is registered. So, I guess
>I am wondering why you ask ME this question if you already had the answer.
Nobody is asking you a question.
>And second, how does this relate to the omitting of registration date
>via whois? Third, how does either the second relate where the responsibility
>lies? Forth, what if any is a "Reasonable" remedy? And fifth, does any of
this
>have any relationship to the where we are at right now, referring to of course
>the ICANN's "Accreditation Guidelines"?
Accreditation guidelines should center around how capable Firm X that wants
to register will be to provide desired services. One such service is the
ability
to maintain a valid WHOIS file that is consumer accessible. I'm not saying
that is a necessary criterion (although I would certainly make it one, were it
up to me), but what I'm saying is that how well Company X can compete
with Company Y will rest in part on the level of service that is to be
provided.
>
> I could of course go on here with several other related questions but I
think
>you can begin to see my point. I will restate it again in my own simple
>manner. Neither NSI, or any registrar is totally responsible for how they
>choose to represent whois data on a whois query with respect to
>information that may be of a personal or private manner.
If they expect to compete, they damn well better be responsible -- put in
what ought to be publicly accessible and leave out what is not -- whatever
that might be.
That
>responsibility is mainly the responsibility of the Registrant.
Nonsense. :-)
Bill Lovell
