On 25/11/11 11:35, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
Thank you for pointing the discussion back.
I do prefer thin WHOIS, because every party has to provide the information which can be verified by the party itself and for which the party is liable directly (they simply has to know their contrators/customers/resellers).
So thin WHOIS make the chain of responsiblity visible without preventing access to information (despite local law might oppose).
Thick WHOIS is the model to hide the chain of responsiblity by copying personal data (of a third party) outsite of the jurisdiction of the contract parties.
+1. I would add that, in some parts of the world, exporting personal data of citizens to a third country is mostly illegal. The thin WHOIS model has the advantage of allowing registrars to (mostly) comply with local law. Patrick