Re: 'Patently False' Domain Registrations Abound

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

> More than 5 percent of Internet address names issued in the United
> States are registered using "patently false" contact information, making
> it difficult or impossible to contact the sites' owners, according to
> report submitted to Congress.
>
> Another 3.7 percent of domain names ending in ".com," ".net" and ".org"
> contain missing information in required contact fields, the Government
> Accountability Office said in a report submitted to the House
> Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property.
>
> In all, 3.9 million names, or about 8.7 percent, contain contact details
> that "appeared obviously and intentionally false'' or are incomplete,
> the report said.

The other 91.3% have gone to the trouble of making up a name and address 
that sounds plausible.

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