How did Bruce Tonkin vote? What's does Australian privacy law have to say related to whois? Roger Clarke <http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/> might help. Adam >I've warned you, manoeuvres have started... > >Note: forwarded message attached. > >X-Apparently-To: [log in to unmask] via 206.190.49.203; Thu, 13 Apr >2006 04:17:07 -0700 >X-Originating-IP: [192.0.35.121] >Authentication-Results: mta251.mail.mud.yahoo.com > from=melbourneit.com.au; domainkeys=neutral (no sig) >Received: from 192.0.35.121 (EHLO greenriver.icann.org) (192.0.35.121) > by mta251.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:17:06 -0700 >Received: from greenriver.icann.org (greenriver [127.0.0.1]) > by greenriver.icann.org (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP >id k3DBES19030221; > Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:14:28 -0700 >Received: (from majordomo@localhost) > by greenriver.icann.org (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/Submit) id >k3DBES6x030220; > Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:14:28 -0700 >X-Authentication-Warning: greenriver.icann.org: majordomo set sender >to [log in to unmask] using -f >Received: from pechora1.icann.org (pechora1.icann.org [192.0.34.36]) > by greenriver.icann.org (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP >id k3DBESm0030217; > Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:14:28 -0700 >Received: from melbourneit.com.au (mail.MelbourneIT.com.au [203.31.199.194]) > by pechora1.icann.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k3DBEMm3003278; > Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:14:28 -0700 >Received: from balius.mit (localhost.mit [127.0.0.1]) > by melbourneit.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k3DBEOj30547; > Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:14:24 +1000 >Content-class: urn:content-classes:message >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 >Subject: [council] Input from the Australian Government on the WHOIS service >Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:14:22 +1000 >X-MS-Has-Attach: >X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: >Thread-Topic: Input from the Australian Government on the WHOIS service >thread-index: AcZe62pF2rsC2Ox1RTm5WvMNEaTPRQ== >From: "Bruce Tonkin" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Cc: <[log in to unmask]> >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by >greenriver.icann.org id k3DBESm0030218 >Sender: [log in to unmask] >Precedence: bulk >Content-Length: 1025 > >Hello All, > >The note below was sent to me four hours ago as chair of the GNSO >Council. > >Regards, >Bruce Tonkin > > >AUSTRALIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO GNSO COUNCIL ON WHOIS > >Australia would like to reiterate to the GNSO Council the position it >conveyed during the GNSO Council - Government Advisory Committee (GAC) >Working Group meeting on 26 March 2006. > >On the information available to us, Formulation 2, as identified in the >Final Task Force Report on the Purpose of Whois and of the Whois >Contacts, appears to better reflect the public policy interests of a >fully functional Whois regime from an Australian perspective. > >At this point, Australia considers that Whois should: > >* satisfy the traditional and ongoing goal of ensuring the >security and stability of the Internet; > >* provide the ability to identify and respond to those involved in >criminal activity such as child pornography, 'phishing' and identity >theft; > >* provide an appropriate level of data to any user that seeks it >including, for example, civil and criminal law enforcement officials, >online consumers, network operators, intellectual property rights >holders and registrars and registries; > >* support national laws and global agreements associated with >privacy, trade practices, consumer protection, intellectual property >rights and copyright protection; and > >* operate in a manner that is technically feasible and cost >effective for registrars and registries, and does not rely solely on the >registrant to be implementable. > >We appreciate that Whois is a complex issue with a range of interests. >Given this, we consider that it is important that the GAC and GNSO >Council continue to exchange information and views. > >Australia will work with other GAC members to ensure that the GAC is >well placed to have effective dialogue with the GNSO community in >Marrakesh. > > > >ASHLEY CROSS >GAC Representative -AUSTRALIA >April 2006