Re[7]: [ga-sys] Registrants Charter - FREEDOMS - Part 1

["William X. Walsh" <william@userfriendly.com>]

I also find it amusing that the EU is justifying this rule to "protect
privacy" in light of the electronic snooping laws they are about to
pass...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1334000/1334371.stm

Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 8:05:08 PM, William X. Walsh wrote:

> Hello Joanna,

> Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 7:01:59 PM, Joanna Lane wrote:
>> And the contract you
>>> agreed to when you registered those domains specifically permits the
>>> inclusion of that information in the publicly available whois servers.

>> The contract is onerous and was not entered into voluntarily. It can be
>> contested.

> Last time I checked, no registrars were forcing people to register
> domain names.

> Is there a registrar in Europe that is holding people hostage until
> they register a com/net/org domain?

> I doubt it.

> That makes it voluntary.

> You can always use one of those anonymous third level domain
> registries.




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