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. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- OpenSRS installation and customizations Payment Processing Integration Apache Installation and Support Services http://www.wxsoft.com/
