Congress Fed Up With WhoIs Database

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  • Spunky
    I need a beer
    • Jun 2002
    • 133978

    #1

    Congress Fed Up With WhoIs Database

    Intresting..but can they enforce it?


    WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The U.S. government is rallying for legislation that would heighten the penalty for online fraud committed by a person using a website registered under a false name or contact information, particularly through the WhoIs database, which is overseen by the domain registrars.

    The bill was drafted by Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and if passed could add seven years jail time to the current penalty. The law is written in such a way as to give federal prosecutors stronger punch when it comes to pursuing criminal offenses against intellectual property rights.

    http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=1081
  • sacX
    Confirmed User
    • Dec 2002
    • 2998

    #2
    for fuck sakes.. seven extra years jail to please software and copyright owners.
    Have Asian Language Traffic?

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    • doober
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2003
      • 6984

      #3
      so will everybody be changing their whois info to europe and canada?

      lmao, how can they even think that people will comply?

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      • Spunky
        I need a beer
        • Jun 2002
        • 133978

        #4
        With millions of people in the database, I think it will take years to decipher through them all to find the bogus ones.If it helps stop the spammers , that would be great.

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