Whois Privacy versus Disclosure
Posted April 27, 2006 08:55 AM
W$J on whois anonymity:
The decision to reduce information in Whois "shows that Icann isn't under the control of trademark interests and the U.S. government," says Milton Mueller, a Syracuse University professor and privacy advocate who has been following the issue. However, he says, "there's still a danger that the U.S. government will try to circumvent this." He noted that last fall, the Icann names committee proposed establishing a domain name extension -- ".xxx" -- designed for pornographic Web sites, but the U.S. government has persuaded Icann to postpone approving the plan.