I am STRONGLY AGAINST the erosion of WHOIS anonymity for pure corporate gain.

[Matthew <matthew@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am STRONGLY AGAINST the erosion of WHOIS anonymity by imposing limits 
on the use of proxy registration services which mask domain ownership.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE the entertainment industries' pressuring ICANN into 
this further erosion of personal privacy - on the internet and via other 
media - simply for corporate gain. The internet - a network of connected 
points - should be just that; many points of view, not just one industry 
sector forcing it's view on all.
Privacy is privacy. Copyright and Trademark infringement is 
infringement. How affect a balance?
The classification of 'commercial sites' as "sites that run ads" fails 
as a site using ad sales to simply support itself while presenting 
unpopular views doesn't meet the 'commercial site' test and does need 
protection from bully's who seek to silence it.
Curtailing free speech is not a valid reason to support monetary greed.

Let the entertainment industries continue to use due process and a 
courts' order to gain the information they seek.
Further erosion of personal privacy is not the way.

 I STRONGLY SUPPORT privacy: The needs of the many outweight the needs 
of the few, or the one entertainment industry sector.

Matthew Manes
matthewm@xxxxxxxxx