I have to say, if I were working for an eastern European crime syndicate, and I wanted to make it as hard as possible for ISPs and law enforcement to track me down, these are exactly the kind of ridiculous hoops I would want to force people to jump through in WHOIS access. R's, John
I forgot one more step:
That the person making the data inquiry agree to a binding contract/terms-of-service that obligates that person to use the data obtained via the inquiry for the sole and exclusive purpose of resolving the specific rights violation being complained of, that the data will not be retained after that resolution, and that the data will not be conveyed to third parties or integrated into any aggregate data. In addition that contract/terms-of-service should explicitly create third party beneficiary rights of enforcement and to receive attorney fees and costs should the person making the inquiry violate the contract/terms-of-service.