On Sat, 18 May 2002, at 17:17 [=GMT-0700], wxWeb.com wrote: > 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.
Let's do something similar for whois. I am sure the Dept does not assist those who want to harvest their database. Or who like to find out who owns that gorgeous car. Or who the gorgeous lady is that drives it.
