[ga] Re: [Politech] Justice Department's new data retention target: image-sharing sites

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Declan and all,

  Seems like DOJ is wanting to over reach here but for the right
reasons.  How the desired collected data is to be used and
if such use will be delineated in the legislation being considered
is where the rubber will likely meet the road here, IMHO.

  What more important is any new data retention legislation
is for use's of bad actors by registrars, registries, ISP's,
IAP's, ect.  Recent events with RegistryFly, a ICANN
registrar, is a good example why data retention/escrow
is necessary.

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Once upon a time, the concept of mandatory data retention seemed almost
> reasonable. What's the big difference between an ISP keeping data on
> users for a year instead of six months? Rep. Diana DeGette & co spent a
> large portion of last year talking about babies being raped thanks to
> the Internet and how that could be prevented by data retention -- and if
> they're right, who could be against the idea?
>
> Well, it turns out that the Bush administration wants far more than just
> that. In a private meeting with industry groups last week, Assistant
> Attorney General Rachel Brand and other officials said they wanted to
> target Web sites that let users upload images or video:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6163679.html
>
> This is consistent with a Politech post from January, in which I said
> that search engines, domain registrars, and Web hosting services have
> also been talked about as data retention targets:
> http://www.politechbot.com/2007/01/24/not-just-isps/
>
> Unfortunately, we don't know exactly what the Justice Department has in
> mind. (A real problem is that discussions on this topic have been both
> vague and secretive. No language has been circulated, at least as of
> last week, so we can only speculate.)
>
> -Declan
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Regards,

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