Re: [gnso-acc-sgb] whois and spam harvesting-RESENDING

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Margie and all sgb members,

  I agree.  And I especially agree in respect to what private
sector segments have what level of access to Whois data
for any registrant.  It is less important to a degree in respect to
which LEA's have what level of access to Whois data, but
still relevant and important.

Margie Milam wrote:

> I believe it is relevant in response to others citing abuse as the
> reason for significantly restricting access to WHOIS.
>
> Margie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Margie Milam
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:02 PM
> To: 'Milton Mueller'; robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> met@xxxxxxx
> Cc: gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx; gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [gnso-acc-sgb] whois and spam harvesting
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Milton Mueller
> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:19 PM
> To: robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; met@xxxxxxx
> Cc: gnso-acc-sgb@xxxxxxxxx; gnso-whois-wg@xxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [gnso-acc-sgb] whois and spam harvesting
>
> This topic does not seem relevant to developing a restricted access
> proposal.
>
> Dr. Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University School of Information Studies
> http://www.digital-convergence.org
> http://www.internetgovernance.org
>
> >>> "Metalitz, Steven" <met@xxxxxxx> 05/14/07 4:05 PM >>>
> >Of course, the FTC's own study showed the opposite of what EPIC stated
> >-- that Whois is not a significant contributor of e-mail addresses for
> >spamming purposes.

Regards,

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