[WHOIS-WG] Deckers vs Does

[Wendy Seltzer]

On 12/13/2011 03:19 PM, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 08:02:36PM +0200, Derek Smythe wrote:
>> That brings us back to the article I pointed out.
> 
> There are criminals which hide their identities. No deal with WHOIS.
> 
>> We also need to take cognizance of what LE officials are telling us.
> 
> I already pointed to the London meeting of Whois-Review und SOCA. I already
> pointed to http://www.iks-jena.de/eng/Blog/That-s-the-way-it-always-have-been
> 
>> If you read the ICANN correspondence, you will find numerous letters
>> from law enforcement agencies. Take note of their content.
> 
> Law enforcment always want to extend their capabilities. It's not the duty
> of AtLarge to play like a LAE-stakeholder group.
> 
> If this WG is going to support only the "broad access to WHOIS" model,
> I have to resign from my participation in the review team.
> 
> Simply, because I was delegated by ALAC, and if ALAC's and my point of view
> differ1 that fundamentally, I has to take the consequences. ICANN is build
> on multi stakeholer participation, implemented by delegation of individuals.
> But if the individual does not represent the stakeholder group, the model is
> broken. Therefore the group delegated the wrong person: Me.

Please don't leave! I fully support your positions and expression of them.

--Wendy

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