RE: [gnso-dow123] Consumer protection survey

["Steve Metalitz" <metalitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think it already is.   

-----Original Message-----
From: Ross Rader [mailto:ross@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 5:33 PM
To: Steve Metalitz
Cc: Tom Keller; gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Niklas Lagergren
Subject: Re: [gnso-dow123] Consumer protection survey


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?WebLog
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>> 130425730525 and http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/pdfs/princeton.pdf
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> 
> Gruss,
> 
> tom
> 
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