[At-Large] WHOIS Stalemate: more studies, any you'd like?

[RJGlass | America@Large]

As the current proposals seemed more ad hoc than anything, further studies
are certainly appropriate, rather than the normal policy of 'let's see who
we can please that matters to us' approach.

However, Vittorio, how can you say IP lawyers are less credible?  Especially
in this group - that's supposed to be my job! - kidding ;)  And, when did
technical issues turn into a legal issue anyway?  I think what would be
useful though, is 1) real legal opinions, combined with 2) real technical
opinions, and of course 3) the viewpoints of registrants, which by the way
are normally overlooked in favor of the registrars.

I like the OPOC idea and thought it was a good move, much better than the
current scenario.  However, I think we should address the privacy issues
before chiseling the next version of WHOIS into the proverbial stone.  The
technical issues are no where near as bad as the registrars would have us
think.  But once again, it is the registrants who fund this industry.


aloha,
RJ
A at L


On 10/31/07, Vittorio Bertola <vb at bertola.eu> wrote:
>
> Wendy Seltzer ha scritto:
> > Are there concrete questions about WHOIS harms, benefits, or
> > alternatives that you (ALSs, individuals, and all) would like to see
> > addressed with data-driven research?
>
> Any research with a bunch of credible (ie, not from the IP constituency)
> lawyers from all around the world and/or with the appropriate
> authorities, about whether and how the current policy violates the
> various national privacy laws, could be useful.
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