Hi,
I said a request brought after due process; i.e. a court order. Which Court?
Lets say that you live in Atlanta Georgia. You register your domain name name with TuCows, and use their privacy service. You use my trademark or send me illegal spam. In the Balsam case, it is on the record that TuCows will agree to respond to a foreign (not in their jurisdiction) subpoena, but does not. Here are the options. 1. I file suit against you Los Angeles, where the harm is felt, Calder v. Jones, Pannavision v. Toppen, etc. TuCows does not respond. To get them to respond, I have to file suit in Canada. 2. I file suit in Canada, and find out it is you, then: 1. Continue in Canada, but it gets kicked because there is no jurisdiction over the parties. 2. File in Los Angeles. 3. File in Atlanta, where you are located.
And if they do blow off a court order, I am sure there are consequences.
Yes, after I spent money filing suit in Canada, TuCows will get their wrist slapped. That is what Balsam tried to do, but imputing liability under section 3.7.7.3, but the court denied it.
But you are right, the only proxy services I deal with are the ones that protect my personal privacy. And as a user of there services I sincerely hope they only respond to court orders. Not that I believe I do anything illegal but I do want to make sure my sites are private except in so far as I out myself.
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On 22 Dec 2010, at 14:35, John R. Levine wrote:
I do not believe there is a proxy service around that will not respond do a proper legal warrant for the information after due process has been exercised. And if there was, they would be breaking the local law.
Um, this suggests you haven't dealt with many proxy services.
Try, say, privacyprotect.org who boast that they blow off all phone calls and paper mail.
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