Re: [gnso-dow123] Emailing: 2100-9588_22-5986553.htm

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

As interesting as this discourse as, can someone fill me in on next 
steps for this working group? It wasn't quite clear coming out of VCR 
(at least not to me)...


Anthony Harris wrote:
> Bret,
>
> If these percentages are correct, then in the case of gTLD
> registrations, and if we take a number of 35 million gTLD
> registrations as a ball park figure (I am probably a little off
> mark), that would mean 5.14% would be equivalent to
> 1.799.000 registrations with 'patently false data in at least
> one of the required whois fields' ?
>
> As a percentage granted it may not be significant; as an array of 
> potential law infringement and abuse perpetrators, the
> number might raise some concern?
>
> Tony Harris
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Fausett" 
> <bfausett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <gnso-dow123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [gnso-dow123] Emailing: 2100-9588_22-5986553.htm
>
>
> > I think it's also worth noting that according to the GAO report, only 
> > 5.14% of gTLD registrations have patently false data in at least one 
> > of the required whois fields and only 3.64% of registrations have 
> > incomplete data in at least one of the required whois fields. The 
> > press seems to be reporting this as "rampant" false data, but quite 
> > frankly I was stunned by how low those numbers are. I would have 
> > expected them to be significantly higher.
> >
> >               Bret