Court Rules That Using Domain Registration Privacy Services Represents 'Material Falsification'
TechDirt Nov 03 09Lots of people use private registration services for domain names, that lets them register a domain name while keeping their own identities private. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to do so: they don't want spam or they want to keep the identity of the site owners anonymous. However, in a recent spam lawsuit, the Ninth District court of appeals has said that using such a service is "material falsification" of information: [P]rivate registration is a service that allows registration of a domain name in a manner that conceals the actual registrant's identity from the public absent a subpoena. Full story...
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