[registrars] FW: [dow1tf] TR: IPC constituency statement for Whois TF1

[Ross Wm. Rader]

On 3/30/2004 9:13 PM Paul Stahura noted that:

> What happens with thick registries?
> .com and .net will switch to EPP, and who knows, probably thick EPP.
> Do we get to choose "b allow registrars to manage the service as they see
> fit" by not providing them with the whois information?

I think this is almost a separate conversation, but my preference would 
be to evaluate the utility of the thick registry model before we permit 
the creation of any more. Based on the testbed experience, I'm not 
convinced that centralizing customer data in this way without getting 
the guarantees we all need from a legal perspective is necessarily a 
wise thing moving forward.

To the point as it relates to this policy - registrars shouldn't be 
obligated to provide the data to any party that can't guarantee that the 
data will be treated in a manner consistent with the policies and 
legislation under which it was collected.

> Are you proposing we be allowed to not give the info to anyone? 

That would be one potential implementation. Or just to parties that we 
have a relationship with. Or just to parties that acts a brokers between 
registrars and potential licensee's or...




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