[atlarge-discuss] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] WHOIS, Accuracy & Censorship

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Kathy and all,

  Your quite right here Kathy.  And of course we [INEGroup]
predicted this as one of the possible outcomes or impacts of
Marilyn Cade, AT&T's, and the MPPA's supposed "Accuracy"
policy initiative with respect to "Whois".  It's a travesty!

  Either Doc., the FCC and/or the DOJ need to step in here
IMHO.

KathrynKL@aol.com wrote:

>   This is exactly what we have feared and expected since the
> beginning.
> Expect more of this "anti-speech" use of the WHOIS shutdown.
>
> If you hear of anyone who is being shut down under these
> circumstances,
> please
> urge him/her to find an attorney with an Internet and/or First
> Amendment
> and/or Article 19 UN Declaration of Human Rights background.
>
> Kathryn Kleiman
>
>
> > The article "Hollywood's Chill Wind of Censorship" by Lisa S. is an
> > interesting read.
> > http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=7723
> >
> > SYNOPSIS:
> >
> > The author of the article put up a website criticizing those
> Hollywood
> > stars
> > that chose to oppose the U.S. president's initiative in Iraq.
> Because her
> > contact details were publicly available through the WHOIS the author
>
> > invariably came to receive a number of threats.  To deal with the
> problem,
> > the author intentionally "masked" her domain's contact information
> so that
> > unstable individuals would no longer have access to her home address
> and
> > telephone number.
> >
> > However, because her contact details were now no longer "accurate",
> the
> > William Morris Agency that represented many of these Hollywood stars
> -- and
> >
> > that apparently wished to have her critical website shut down --
> finally
> > had
> > the means to take action against the author's freedom of speech.
> They
> > contacted her registrar Dotster, and Dotster (citing ICANN's
> language on
> > accuracy of contact details) suspended her domain registration...
> >
> > ... but to make matters worse (according to the author), "the person
> I
> > spoke
> > with at Dotster refused to allow me the ability to correct the
> information
> > and maintain ownership of the domain".
> >
> >
> > COMMENT:
> >
> > It is a sad day when language in ICANN contracts is used in an
> effort to
> > censor the public voice.  Is this what the insistence on WHOIS
> accuracy is
> > leading to?
> >
> >
>
>
>

Regards,

--
Jeffrey A. Williams
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