Saturday, May 18, 2002, 3:29:37 PM, Marc Schneiders wrote:

> 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...

Here in California they just have to go to the Dept of Motor Vehicles.

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