your papers please

[Major Variola (ret)]

>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 01:23:43 -0400
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
>To: politech at politechbot.com
>Subject: [Politech] More on open letter to PFIR on "Whois" privacy
[priv]

>My own views, for what they're worth, are in a column here:
>http://news.com.com/Privacy+reduction's+next+act/2010-1028_3-5155054.html

>
>An excerpt:
>If you buy a domain name, current regulations created by the Internet
>Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) say you must make
>public "accurate and reliable contact details and promptly correct and
>update them during the term of the...registration, including: the full
>name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax
>number."
>Who wants to make that kind of personal information public for the
>benefit of spammers, direct marketers and snoops? You shouldn't have to

>publish your home address--and other personal details--to everyone in
>the world just to own a domain name. And if you decide to lie by typing

>in "1 Nowhere Road," I don't see why you should be punished for
>attempting to protect your and your family's privacy.
>There are plenty of legitimate reasons why domain name holders might
>leave their address blank. [...]
>These rights to anonymity are enshrined in the Bill of Rights, both in
>the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech, and in the
>Ninth Amendment, which was intended to curb government's power. [...]
>
>-Declan

D McC is right on the mark, as usual.
D McC is a national treasure, in the Nip sense.
You rape the constitution, we go for head shots.

Any questions, punk?