Timothe,

You have raised this issue before but I don't think we have a clear enough 
understanding of the issues on either side yet to come to a solid conclusion 
about whether whois should be required to be open to all, open to some, 
and/or what information should be available to whom under what circumstances. 
I think it is an important issue that is currently mostly being fought over 
with soundbites rather than clear analysis. I would be interested in working 
with some others to try and define the actual competing needs and desires to 
give a good basis for judgements on this issue. Are that any other volunteers 
to look at this? I'm thinking it would make a good academic paper for 
somewhere like Policy and Internet, actually. Timothe, you seem to have some 
clear ideas about what you think the technical requirements for network 
stability and technical management are. Would you be interested in engaging 
in a discussion aimed at such an explication with myself and perhaps other? 
Milton, KK, anyone else interested?

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Professor Andrew A Adams                      [log in to unmask]
Professor at Graduate School of Business Administration,  and
Deputy Director of the Centre for Business Information Ethics
Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan       http://www.a-cubed.info/