Re: [alac] Proposed ALAC restatement on WHOIS (draft2)

[Wendy Seltzer <wendy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:31 PM 10/28/2003 +0100, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> On 2003-10-28 06:25:49 -0800, Wendy Seltzer wrote:
>
> > I've revised this to account for comments from Ken and Thomas
> > (the only comments I've heard since posting last Thursday).  If
> > committee members agree, can we post this tomorrow, when the
> > WHOIS discussions will be taking place in Carthage?
>
> I'd only suggest one more change (apologies for the last minute
> suggestion):
>
> > Unfortunately, there has been no progress since February.
> > Indeed, on the privacy front, there has been regress.  Domain
> > name registrants are forbidden from using pseudonyms or fuzzy,
>
> I'd strike "Indeed, ..., there has been regress" -- that's a fact
> statement which might be somewhat hard to back up.

It was my view that the enforcement of accuracy is regress, unless you're 
saying that no names have actually been dropped for "inaccuracy" of 
registration data.  Even then, registrants have been dissuaded from 
registering or using domain names by the threats of accuracy enforcement.

Thanks.
--Wendy

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