Grist for the mill, from Appendix A: Exploratory Analysis Report document: "For each of the 1,600 domain names, we tried to determine if the domain user could be considered a legal person or a natural person. Table 2 shows that for most domain names, we could not make such a determination because *almost half the domains were parked domains or had no online content at all*. *Only 11.5 percent of the domains had content, but had an unknown apparent domain user type.*" -Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= ** [image: ICANN] <http://www.icann.org/> News Alert http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-15feb13-en.htm ------------------------------ Whois Registrant Identification Study, Draft Report 15 February 2013 *Forum Announcement:* Comment Period Opens on *Date:* 15 February 2013 * Categories/Tags:* Policy Processes *Purpose (Brief):* This study, conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago, uses Whois to classify entities that register gTLD domain names, including natural persons, legal persons, and Privacy/Proxy service providers. Using associated Internet content, the study classifies entities using those domains, and observed potentially commercial activities. Findings will help the community understand how Registrants identify themselves in Whois. *Public Comment Box Link:* http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/whois-regid-15feb13-en.htm