http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:H.R.3632:
Just a short blurb in one of EPIC's newsletters.
This law creates significant risks for people who run websites that
they might commit some sort of Intellectual Property thoughtcrime and
find themselves facing willful infringement charges simply because they
gave a fake phone number on their DNS registration. Its hard to see
what purpose this serves in terms of Internet crime. Criminals usually
don't need domain names, and its doubtful that this law is going to
influence them to be forthcoming with contact information when they do
use them.
This should irk everyone here...
Title II: Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions - Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act - (Sec. 202) Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 and Federal copyright law to make it a a rebuttable presumption that a trademark violation or copyright infringement was committed willfully for purposes of determining relief if the violator, or a person acting in concert, knowingly provided or caused to be provided materially false contact information to a domain name registration authority in registering, maintaining, or renewing a domain name used in connection with the violation or infringement.
(Sec. 204) Requires the maximum imprisonment otherwise provided for a felony offense to be doubled or increased by seven years, whichever is less, if the defendant knowingly falsely registers and uses a domain name in the course of the offense. Directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review and amend the sentencing guidelines with respect to a conviction for the false registration and use of a domain name during the course of a felony.
Guess we can toss private domain registrations out the window.
