Re: [ga] RE: Whois more in detail

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree as well elliot. And if we address it now VS later it will be much 
better.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elliot noss" <enoss@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul Stahura" <stahura@xxxxxxxx>; "icann whois" 
<whois-comments@xxxxxxxxx>; "ga" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] RE: Whois more in detail


> this is an interesting point. I would suggest that domain name 
> registrants tomorrow will be LESS informed than those of today and  there 
> is a lot of easy steps that registrars, registries and ICANN  (only if we 
> are working together) can implement to make this MUCH  better than it is 
> today. for me this is either the effective route to  more commercial 
> control of my strongly preferred alternative to "some  form of control of 
> the commercial use of the internet". I do think  our goals (as usual) are 
> completely aligned. thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> On 11-Jan-07, at 7:58 AM, Roberto Gaetano wrote:
>
> > 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