Feds Do About-Face on .US Domains, Invade Privacy of Domain Holders
I just checked my e-mail after getting out of a meeting, and found some ugly news about a fresh new abuse of power on the part of the United States government. The bearer of this bad news was Bob Parsons, president and founder of domain registrar GoDaddy.com, who sends occasional e-mail updates out to GoDaddy registrants.
So what’s the big deal? With no hearings, no consultation with domain registrars, and no due process of any kind, the National Telecommunications and Information Association (NITA) has reversed the policy of making .us domains available to the public. Worse, they’ve decreed that holders of these domains will no longer be able to keep their personal information private.
Parson’s e-mail message gives some of the details: (more…)
