On 01/31/2011 03:12 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
There is a completely lawful domain name business model in which there is *no* record made of who acquired a domain name.
Hi. Before we continue, could you say whether the people who are bombarded with phishes and drug spam have any privacy rights, or are they reserved for people who've bought vanity domains?
They have rights. They have the right to and to go to their legislators, get laws enacted, and get those laws enforced - all under constitutional procedures and constraints. ICANN is not a government; it is subject to no due process constraints nor is it constrained by any real political political process. I hate spam too - in fact I've argued for draconian measures - http://www.cavebear.com/cbblog-archives/000236.html But I hate vigilante action even more. --karl--