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This is bullshit. All they need to do is create means to prevent bulk scanning of whois databases.

WHOIS information is absolutely vital to the proper operation of the internet. It has to be possible for _regular people_, not special boards or committees with super access, to be able to find the contact information for the owners of a domain name.

This is a much bigger problem than anyone has really appreciated. Frankly I expect the worst, because none of the people debating the issue are "regular people", they're all special people with special access and privileges and clout. How are they going to represent the needs of every day internet users.

WHOIS privacy works fine for non-organization consumers to protect their information from spammers. For organizations, spam is just part of their daily lives and it's not a legitimate reason to break the entire domain structure.

What is really going on here is registrars want to force you to use their brokerage agencies whenever you want to purchase a domain name that's already owned but not being used.

The domain name system is a racket, it's been a racket for decades, and if we don't fight them it will continue to be and will become more of a racket.