Happy new year to all. Let me add a late comment to this thread. I believe that the registration of a domain requires the owner of the domain to correctly identify oneself to the registering authority, but that this information does not need necessarily to be public. This is not a new debate, but it still comes in waves, without substantial changes in the opinions of the different parties. Years ago, I think it was at the Tunis/Carthage (2003?), we had this discussion and I replied to Marilyn Cade making the example of car registration: a car owner is obliged to provide complete and accurate information to the registration authority, but this information is not necessarily public. Actually, I am not aware of any national car registry in which you can access this information without proving that you need it, and qualify yourself. I have not yet heard a convincing argument on why the domain names have to be treated differently. Cheers, Roberto
-----Original Message----- From: at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org [mailto:at-large-bounces@atlarge-lists.icann.org] On Behalf Of Bill Silverstein Sent: Friday, 24 December 2010 00:32 To: At-Large Worldwide Subject: Re: [At-Large] 9th Circuit Court ruling on ICANN Contract.
On 12/22/2010 10:40 AM, Bill Silverstein wrote:
It is not vigilante justice to know the identity of the owner of a domain name.
Oh yes indeed it is. It is most definitely vigilante action to take away the right of an accused - merely on the basis of that accusation. In this case the rights are those of privacy and due process.
Oh no. You are inserting a right here where there is none. The right to privacy regarding the ownership of a domain name. Anonymous speech does not equate to anonymous domain name registration.
The registration of a domain requires the owner of the domain to correctly identify oneself to the public when registering the domain name.
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