On 7/23/2011 11:58 PM, Nuno Garcia wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> [snip]
>
> If a domain name is public, so it should be its registrants info. I 
> suggest that if the registrant info cannot be confirmed, then the 
> register should be voided.

I cannot follow here - I do not see the logic: I have registred two 
phone numbers - one fixed line, one mobile. Both are "publicly known" - 
I give it to friends, colleagues share it with others. But those who 
know my number do not know where I live, what other consumer habits I 
have etc. Only the phone companies where I have registered know my 
street address, in order to catch me in case I have not paid my bill, or 
they want to inform me about some service changes etc. And in case there 
should have been a crime involving my phone number, there are legal 
procedures by which the law enforcement agents may get access to my 
contact information.

You do not define what you mean when you say that the registrant's info 
should be "public" - and it sounds as if this means (as some 
organizations and people would like to have it) freely available to 
everyone. Why? The phone company - or the agency registering a domain - 
need it. Nobody else in the "public."


Norbert Klein

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