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Re: Is WHOIS going to go away?
From: Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 08:38:22 +1000
Whois contact details need to work so you can contact the zone owner when the DNS is broken for the zone. Publishing Whois data in the zone does not work for this purpose. This is not to discount other reasons for having a independent communications channel. -- Mark Andrews
On 21 Apr 2018, at 08:17, Brian Kantor <Brian () ampr org> wrote: Steve, I believe you are mistaken as to current law in the USA: The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. A frequently cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads: Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority... Google for that phrase "anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority" to see more references. I'll drop the discussion here, as it's likely to only continue down the rathole and I've said my piece. - Brian
Current thread:
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away?, (continued)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Lyndon Nerenberg (Apr 21)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? Naslund, Steve (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Brian Kantor (Apr 20)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? Naslund, Steve (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rubens Kuhl (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 21)
- RE: Is WHOIS going to go away? Naslund, Steve (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Brian Kantor (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Mark Andrews (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rubens Kuhl (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? bzs (Apr 21)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Lyndon Nerenberg (Apr 21)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Lyndon Nerenberg (Apr 21)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Mark Andrews (Apr 21)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Lyndon Nerenberg (Apr 21)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? valdis . kletnieks (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? valdis . kletnieks (Apr 20)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? Rich Kulawiec (Apr 25)
- Re: Is WHOIS going to go away? valdis . kletnieks (Apr 20)