At 12:29 AM +0200 5/19/02, Marc Schneiders wrote: > > 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...
I can't speak for other states, but I know in California if you assert in an affidavit an intent to sue, you get the registrant's name/address/etc. for something like a measly $10 or something. Certainly a far cry from the $5000 figure being tossed around. D -- +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
