On Sat, 18 May 2002, at 14:56 [=GMT-0700], George Kirikos wrote: > --- Robert L Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Having the owner information be > > private from Joe Public, but revealed in the case of legal > > proceedings, > > would be just as much of a disincentive. > > Not by any means. It creates an additional cost to those suffering from > the abuse to acquire that information. Suppose it costs $5,000 to get a > subpoena from a court to get the WHOIS info (not to mention the time > involved). This imposes a big cost on a party who is already suffering, People who suffer injury or damage from a car, where can they look up on the net who owns that car? Since cars cause much more damage (as well as injuries, even cause death) than domains...
