ICANNS recommended proposal seems to make the most sense:
The recommended solution was to implement a Registration Directory Service which would run an automatically updated database filled with domain registration data from all the accredited registries. Under this scheme, most domain registration data would be ‘gated’ by default, unlike current WHOIS standards, where most registration data is public. This would allow registrars to provide their customers access to the registrar’s own data, but any other requests for ‘gated’ data would have to be routed through the RDS itself. Before the RDS would authorize access to this data, the person or organization requesting it would have to be able to identify themselves and their purpose for using it. This would, in effect, satisfy demands for individual data protection, proprietary data protection for registrars, block spammers, and also give security researchers an avenue to conduct their work. But seems like it would take years to implement.
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