A proposed change in the WHOIS policy would protect crooks, scammers, spammers, infringers and other wrongdoers from being tracked down -- and charged or sued. Under present rules, registrants of URL's are required to provide their names and contact information to WHOIS. Victims, law enforcement, and their attorneys can look up the true responsible parties through WHOIS searches. The new rules would allow scammers and pirates to hide behind 3rd parties, and thus make it difficult or impossible for victims to track down perpetrators. It would be especially difficult, probably impossible, because registrants are expected to use 3rd party "fronts" in scam-friendly countries like Russia. Full article with other insights at:
http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?cat=2&id=20196