On 08/03/2010 11:56 AM, William Drake wrote: > Hi Wendy > >> >> I would be interested to hear the group's thoughts whether we should >> support study 1 with amendments or support deferral of all studies. > > Why not defer all as you'd proposed and assess globally and comparatively when able? From an NC standpoint what would be the argument for rushing this one to the front of the line? > The money is budgeted this year, so there's some pressure to get started. Among the studies that have been proposed, gathering data on WHOIS misuse could be the most useful to discussions including privacy and protection of NC users. --Wendy -- Wendy Seltzer -- [log in to unmask] phone: +1.914.374.0613 Fellow, Silicon Flatirons Center at University of Colorado Law School Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html http://www.chillingeffects.org/ https://www.torproject.org/