The reality of this issue is that the normal internet user, be it a small business or an individual, has not real protection on the internet. The registrar is held blameless and the victim of internet abuse cannot hold him liable. ICANN is not interested in abuse issues, it is outside their gambit despite creating an environment ideal for abuse. As for law enforcement, law enforcement only deals with the most serious issues. A simple reality is they are absolutely flooded with ongoing issues. That does leave the normal internet user vulnerable to exploitation. Derek On 2010/12/19 20:19, Bill Silverstein wrote:
The 9th circuit has ruled that the section 3.7.7.3 of the registrar/registrant contract has no meaning. This is a result of the no third party beneficiary provision of section 5.10 of the contract.
This not only eliminates the issue for spam liability, but the issue for copyright or trademark infringement. Under the 9th circuit interpretation, I can use domains by proxy to hide my identity when I register and profit from barbiedoll.com to host pirated movies, despite being provided this evidence, that Domains has no requirement to disclose this information.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/45487838/Balsam-v-Tucows-No-09-17625-9th-Cir-Dec-1...
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