Semi-anonymous domain name registrations? [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Thomas Leavitt" <thomas () thomasleavitt org>
To: "Declan McCullagh" <declan () well com>
Subject: Semi-anonymous domain name registrations?
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:47:20 -0800
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Declan,

 If this is at all permissible, the registrar's should be allowed to do
this, rather than a third party - the consumer shouldn't have to pay an
extra fee to be able to operate a domain semi-anonymously and avoid address
harvesting, etc. On the other hand, this renders "whois" even more useless
than it already is... as a long time Internet user, I dislike that
intensely.

Regards,
Thomas Leavitt


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