Bruce's proposal is one of those "why we did not think of it?" ideas. 
MM's suggestion for rewording looks OK to me.

--c.a.

Milton Mueller wrote:
> Again, I think Bruce's insistence on a difference between the purpose of
> "the Whois service" and the purpose of "the data itself" is confusing. I
> would propose that he reword as follows:
> 
> Dr. Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> http://www.digital-convergence.org
> http://www.internetgovernance.org
> 
>>>> Mawaki Chango <[log in to unmask]> 07/18/06 1:21 AM >>>
> --- Bruce Tonkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> The GNSO Council notes that the current WHOIS definition is
>> related to the service that provides public access to some or all of
> the
>> data collected, and is not a definition of the purpose of the data
>> itself.
> 
> Change to:
> 
> The GNSO Council notes that the current WHOIS definition is related
> to the service that provides unrestricted, unaccountable public access 
> to the data collected, and is not a definition of the purpose of all of
> the
> data collected by the registrars in the course of registering a domain
> name for their customers. 
> 
> .
> 

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