Law Enforcement Push for Stricter Domain Name Rules

[Chuck]

Law enforcement officials in the U.K. and U.S. are pushing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to put in place measures that would help reduce abuse of the domain name system.

PC World Article

 

[DN BROKER]

its about time

 

[katherine]

Yeah, soon you'll need SSN + fingerprint to register a domain.

 

[idevelop]

The writing has been on the wall for a long time in relation to Big Brother trying to find a way to control the net.. I understand some regulations should be in place, but I think once they get their foot in the door, there will be no stopping them taking it a little bit further at their discretion.

the internet is the last FREE SPEECH forum and should stay like that. IMO

 

[VirtualT]

its about time

If you haven't worked it out yet, regulations are easy to circumvent on the internet, like a lot of laws they would only be annoying to legitimate users and would do little to impact anything like spam or phishing.

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the internet is the last FREE SPEECH forum and should stay like that. IMO

I think free speech will continue to live on

 

[draggar]

Yeah, soon you'll need SSN + fingerprint to register a domain.

A SSN? What about people outside the USA? (I'm assuming SSN = Social Security Number?).

What about a DNA sample?

 

[katherine]

Don't laugh, when you see how visitors to the US are treated at customs, it gives you a glimpse of the things to come.

 

[urlurl]

they most likely will be be able to track and TAX better if they start using SSN or SIN (canadian) to register.

 

[Diabro]

The writing has been on the wall for a long time in relation to Big Brother trying to find a way to control the net.. I understand some regulations should be in place, but I think once they get their foot in the door, there will be no stopping them taking it a little bit further at their discretion.

the internet is the last FREE SPEECH forum and should stay like that. IMO

The problem is that the vast majority of people think that there need to be regulations and they will feel no sympathy for the good people this infringes upon. There are a small amount of effective people and groups that take advantage and ruin a good thing.

Also I think the lack of accountability on the Internet makes people more often than not question the value of that free speech.

 

[DNF81229]

The writing has been on the wall for a long time in relation to Big Brother trying to find a way to control the net.. I understand some regulations should be in place, but I think once they get their foot in the door, there will be no stopping them taking it a little bit further at their discretion.

the internet is the last FREE SPEECH forum and should stay like that. IMO

Free flow of information and knowledge is too big an equalizer to vested interests.

And nothing enables and promotes such freedom as effectively and efficiently as
the Internet. So expect powerful and ceaseless efforts to subvert such freedom
until its freedom or usefulness ceases to exist for all practical purposes.

"How much Internet access can you afford?" may become a common question,
like in mortgage, education and health care.