Bill Silverstein wrote:
The current rule is that one is required to identify him/her/itself when registering a domain. If you buy a house, you list your name on the title. If a third party is listed on the title, they are liable for the damages caused by the house and the house may be taken if the person listed owes money.
Sorry, that's the rule as you might like it to be, not the rule as it is. A domain name is neither a piece of real property nor an automobile. Certain (misguided) additions to US law increase the penalties -- to the wrongdoer -- for violations if domain WHOIS information is inaccurate, but do not make the listed holder liable for wrongs committed using the domain. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- wendy@seltzer.org Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center at University of Colorado Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/