On 09/02/07, Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org> wrote:

On 2007-02-08 14:08:55 -0500, Wendy Seltzer wrote:

> Here's the draft report the WHOIS task force is considering
> <http://forum.icann.org/lists/gnso-dow123/docUOzrntSDL0.doc >

That's a "Not found" here...

> ALAC could submit comments to the Task Force and the GNSO.  (As
> Danny Younger has noted, there are procedural problems with the
> PDP's lack of opportunity to consider public comment, as well as
> substantive problems with the proposals.)

Until when is the thing open for comments, and where can these be
submitted?  Or is the public comment period closed, and the only
avenue would be a comment through ALAC's Counci liaison?

(Sorry, but I've pretty thoroughly lost track of these processes... ;)

> Since the debate has changed little since I sent this message in
> December, I re-send it to spark discussion on this policy issue:

Thanks!

> I have recommended an additional option, that a domain name could
> be suspended if the registrant did not want to reveal personally
> identifying information. Enforcement interests (stopping a
> domain-hosted scam, for example) could be realized even before
> the registrant was identified, while law enforcement would have
> all the ordinary tools available to it once it demonstrated there
> was reason to believe the activity was unlawful.

Strikes me as a pretty reasonable balance; I'd actually suspect that
this would be better for some enforcement interests than the current
"exceptional circumstances" proposal.

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Thomas Roessler   <roessler@does-not-exist.org>

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