Re: [gnso-dow123] Consumer protection survey

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you proposing that whois become a global tool for accountability?

Steve Metalitz wrote:
> Another way to look at it is that a global tool for accountability
> should not be denied to users just because one country provides another
> means through its laws.  
>
> Along that line, and relevant to our task of clarifying the purpose of
> the various contacts within Whois, I have a short  article from the BNA
> Electronic Commerce and Law Report describing a German court ruling on
> September 29 "that the administrative contact of a domain name shares
> liability for unlawful spam sent from the domain."  The report
> emphasizes that the contact incurs liability "merely as a result of
> occupying that position," and not as a result of also being "listed in
> the Web site imprint," which I assume is the mechanism Tom refers to
> below.  
>
> There is a link with the article where a copy of the decision can be
> found, but the copy is in German which unfortunately I don't read.
> It is not stated in the report whether the domain in question was
> registered in a gTLD. 
>
> Steve    
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Keller [mailto:tom@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 3:44 AM
> To: Steve Metalitz
> Cc: gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Niklas Lagergren
> Subject: Re: [gnso-dow123] Consumer protection survey
>
> In Germany there is a law stating that every owner of a website run for
> commercial means has to point out his identity on it. Any failure to so
> or the provision of wrong data can be ground to close down that site.
> What I'm trying to say is that there are more then enough ways to deal
> with this issue except whois. Since whois is a global technology it
> certainly should not be used to fix local problems.
>
> Best,
>
> tom
>
> Am 27.10.2005 schrieb Steve Metalitz:
> >  Task Force members may be interested in a major US consumer survey 
> > released yesterday under the title, "Do we trust the Internet? Our
> poll
> > finds that Web users are increasingly wary and demanding."   48
> percent
> > of respondents said knowing who owns a Web site is very important.  
> > This was up 16 points from results obtained in 2002, the biggest 
> > increase recorded for any category in the survey.  When those who said
>
> > this was "somewhat important" are included, the total approaches 80%.
> > Of course, Whois is one way this knowledge can be obtained.  
> >
> > See
> > http://www.consumerreports.org/main/content/display_report.jsp?WebLogi
> > cS
> > ession=Q2Dtghg17gPnx9ahACAgVFVvxs24MglklgvzKcZQoC8Rx8hk0QVO|8596040935
> > 46
> > 6213951/169937909/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1|7246443674280633685/16
> > 99
> > 37902/6/7005/7005/7002/7002/7005/-1&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=802035&bmUID
> > =1
> > 130425730525 and http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/pdfs/princeton.pdf
> >  
> >  
> >
> > -
>
> Gruss,
>
> tom
>
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