Why? If I could pay to have credit card offers and junk mail from being sent to my house or office, I would in a heart beat ;>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Schneiders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:37 AM Subject: Re: WHOIS registrant data inaccuracies followup > On Sat, 18 May 2002, at 21:10 [=GMT-0700], George Kirikos wrote: > > > It's the age-old debate about law & order, vs. privacy, and where to > > draw the line. I'm not sure positions will change too much, but I'm for > > a system where people can protect their privacy for a small fee by > > naming a representative. As I argued in the essay, many folks will jump > > up and down that they value privacy immensely. If that is truly the > > case, when offered the chance to pay less than their own valuation for > > that privacy, they should take that bargain. > > It might be useful to look further than North America in this "age-old > debate". In the EU other ideas, and laws, are current. > > As for paying to hide your whois data: I do not want to rob anyone of > doing his business, but this is turning things around. I don't think we > should have to pay extra to avoid receiving spam, to avoid the possibility > of harrassment. > > By the way, I am all for a public whois for IP numbers. For almost all > serious legal actions that suffices. And it exposes only ISPs, not > individuals. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.bijt.net/ > > >
