[WHOIS-WG] Thick Whois

[Patrick Vande Walle]

While on the subject, it is worth noting,  as Michele Neylon pointed out
on his blog, that the .Cat Registry Whois Now Respects EU Privacy Laws
http://www.internetnews.me/2013/01/10/cat-registry-whois-now-respects-eu-privacy-laws/

Of course, the ICANN process to allow a contracted party to simply obey
the law is  than optimal. It could be made less burdensome by simply
including a one-liner in agreements stating that the the provisions
regarding the WHOIS which are contrary to the local law are void.

Anyway, this once again demonstrates that the current WHOIS system is
broken, and that we need a replacement ASAP. The work on WEIRDS/RDAP is
well advanced, as are several open source implementations.
It will allow differentiated access. However, it is not up to IETF to
draft the policies regarding this. One suggestion the ALAC could make is
to start right away with designing the policy side. It will take time.
So, the sooner the ICANN community begins, the sooner we will have a
working replacement for the WHOIS that will, at the same time, both
address the LEAs concerns and repect the fundamental rights to privacy
and free speech.

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Patrick Vande Walle

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On 10/01/13 16:52, Carlton Samuels wrote:
> This questionnaire with its answers reiterates the ALAC's WHOIS
> positions expressed at multiple times and in many places in this one
> place.
>
> It gets my support.  
>
> Add the URLs to previous ALAC WHOIS Statements and its good to go.
>
> -Carlton
> Chair, At-Large WHOIS WG
>
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>
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Alan Greenberg
> <alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca <mailto:alan.greenberg at mcgill.ca>> wrote:
>
>     ALAC input was requested by the ongoing GNSO PDP on mandating a
>     Thick Whois for all registries. Although previous ALAC statements
>     made it clear that we were strongly in support of Thick Whois, we
>     had not specifically addressed all of the issues being discussed
>     in the WG.
>
>     A draft reply can be found at https://community.icann.org/x/kIVZAg.
>
>     Comments welcome, but note that the target reply date was today. I
>     have said that ALAC would be responding but that we would be late,
>     but quick action would be appreciated.
>
>     A copy is also attached here for your convenience.
>     <http://linkedin.vande-walle.eu>
>

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