Hi there,

We are well beyond the halcyon days of the early net. It is now no difficult thing for law enforcement and those wishing to enforce private claims to get at identities behind domain names these days. Surely, you are aware these entities have many readily available tools at their disposal to get such things.

I imagine that 'skewing' towards privacy would require something more protective of privacy than the status quo under most state laws....I don't think this is the case, nor will it be if registrars voluntarily hold this info back. I'd say the balance has already been struck by domestic legislatures/courts. Why upset that balance?

On 1/23/2012 11:52 AM, McTim wrote:

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Which balance? today's (which IMHO is skewed towards "privacy") or
that of the earlier halcyon days of the network which were too
transparent for today's tastes (apparently)?

If you use Internet resources you have a responsibility to be
contactable regarding the (mis)use of that resource.  We (ICANNistas)
are not ensuring that responsibility is being upheld lately.