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RE: Internet privacy
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:22:12 -0700
--On Thursday, October 2, 2003 12:08 PM -0400 Jeffrey Meltzer <jeffrey () icsnet com> wrote:
Not to start a war, but you can block your Telephone Number from being listed in the phone book, so why shouldn't you be able to block your whois info?
Because you don't need a domain name to live on the Ineternet. If you choose
to have a domain name, then, it's akin to hanging out your own shingle.If you hang out a shingle, you have an obligation to provide a certain amount
of contact information as a matter of public record. Noone is saying you should have to give up your contact information to posess a single /32 IP address, or, even a small collection of them. However, domain names are a different thing from phone numbers. Domain names are the ability to operate your own phone book. Certainly I havenever heard of a phone book publisher that didn't provide contact information
for redressing errors/etc.
What valid reason would you have for getting in contact with a domain owner, if they've unlisted themselves and don't want to be contacted?
What valid reason is there for allowing a domain owner to be unlisted and uncontactable. If you want to remain anonymous, then you don't need a domain. Owen
Current thread:
- Internet privacy Allen McRay (Oct 01)
- Re: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 01)
- Re: Internet privacy Martin J. Levy (Oct 01)
- Re: Internet privacy Stephen J. Wilcox (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Martin J. Levy (Oct 01)
- Re: Internet privacy Jack Bates (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Jeffrey Meltzer (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Jack Bates (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Leo Bicknell (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Lyndon Nerenberg (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Lyndon Nerenberg (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 02)
- RE: Internet privacy Jeffrey Meltzer (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Matt Levine (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 01)
- Re: Internet privacy Richard Cox (Oct 02)
- Re: Internet privacy Booth, Michael (ENG) (Oct 03)
- Re: Internet privacy Owen DeLong (Oct 03)