Re: [At-Large] US court says WHOIS Privacy Considered “Material Falsification”

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serve, contravenes the country's "CAN SPAM" laws. It ruled that the use of a whois privacy service constitutes a deliberate attempt to mislead internet users.

http://www.domainnamenews.com/legal-issues/whois-privacy-material-falsificat...

What are you getting at exactly?

Legitimate businesses do not hide behind anonymous domain registrations. Now an important US court agrees. R's, John