RE: [ga] RE: Whois more in detail

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul Stahura wrote:

> not yet, the aren't (domain name registrants), but someday...
> 

You raise an interesting point. I have been convinced for years that this
was going to happen *eventually*.
However, we might wonder what is the timeframe that we are talking about.

Also, putting this in context, I would argue that domain name registrants of
tomorrow might be more informed than the non-registrant users of today.
Today it is easy to fall prey of scammers, and therefore it would not hurt
if the current rules (of today) were more protective of the average
inexperieced user than what would be reasonable to have in a mature market
where all actors have some degree of experience.

All this to say that I am in favour of some form of control of the
commercial use of the internet, in terms of providing to the inexperienced
counterpart some degree of assurance of the trustworthness (sp?) of the
commercial operator (I hate to limit the case only to commercial sellers and
individual buyers, there is much more going on on the net).
WHere I have doubts is whether this should be something built in at a lower
level like the WhoIs, versus some self-disciplined effort among content
providers.

So, today, for the scenario we are in, with a huge mass of inexperienced
users, we might need solutions that are different from the solutions we
might need in the future, in a more mature situation.

(usual disclaimer, this is only my personal opinion)

Cheers,
Roberto