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[Smith, Bill]

Lutz,

I take this review seriously, and I am certain everyone else does as well. I have no issue with your blog post and sincerely apologize if I gave the impression that I did.

Regards,

Bill

On Feb 2, 2011, at 12:46 AM, Lutz Donnerhacke wrote:

> * Smith, Bill wrote:
>> While I agree that identifying use cases for Whois data is an interesting
>> exercise, I respectfully suggest that it is beyond the remit of this
>> Review Team.
> 
> We discussed this point in London as one of the first items on the agenda
> and came to the conclusion, that we have a clear definition from ICANN:
> 
>  Whois is a "timely, unrestricted and public access to accurate and
>  complete information, including registrant, technical, billing, and
>  administrative contact information."
> 
> If we take this point deeply serious, we do not need a subgroup of
> (inter)national law as well a subgroup of law enforcement definition,
> because we only have a mandate to check the current policies how they
> support the requirement above.
> 
> Please forgive me, that I expressed my personal view outside this group and
> informed you about it.
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