[dow3tf] Inaccurate Whois data studies

["GNSO SECRETARIAT" <gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Posted on behalf of Brain Darvile, task force 3 chair

I paste below some links to the various studies done by Ben Edelman, which
document the scale of the problem of inaccurate Whois data, and which also
contain some other valuable data which may be relevant to the Task Force's
work.

1. Survey of Domain Name Registration Services- Initial Results, available
at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/registrarsurvey/

2. Large Scale Intentional Invalid Whois Data, available at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/invalid-whois/

3. Large-Scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors, available
at  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/typo-domains/

4. Compliance with UDRP Decisions: A Case Study of Joker.com, available at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/udrp-compliance/.

Thank you.

Brian Darville
Oblon, Spivak
(703) 412-6426
bdarville@xxxxxxxxx

GNSO Secretariat