I disagree with the opinion (made as a statement of fact, but really an opinion) that "many" of the P/P proposals and issues "will price an otherwise unregulated service out of the marketplace." This strikes me more as a scare tactic than any kind of rational concern.

And once again, misinformation on the minority position in the PPSAI, also intended to make it scarier. First, there is no "minority report," it was a minority position in the WG. Second, the actual language under consideration is "domains used for online financial transactions for commercial purpose." So, it's not any financial transaction -- only those transactions with a commercial purpose. And it's based on actual use of the domain, so the reference to "will not" is also inaccurate. Far less "impressive"....

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin@mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:

Just to get this on the record: there is no formal proposal, correct. However, there are many proposals and issues that are as yet unresolved which will price an otherwise unregulated service out of the marketplace. There is indeed a minority report that recommends restricting P/P services to those who do not/will not use a domain for financial transactions. That is an impressive restriction on the ability to use privacy proxy services.
Cheers SP

On 2015-07-30 11:47, Greg Shatan wrote:

Nobody has to publish their confidential information to the world in order to register a domain name. Privacy/proxy services are readily available and there is no formal proposal to take that away from anyone.