well, if you are worried about what agreements you are entering into, ICANN requires valid contact information. How often your info will be checked for validity varies, but if you get caught with fraudulent info you can lose your domain.
http://www.icann.org/registrars/wdrp.htm
http://www.internetprivacyadvocate.org/ProtectYour PersonalInfo.htm
(urls via google keywords: whois contact icann)
Some evil mastermind.
His grand scheme was discovered within a matter of hours by non-experts of the blogosphere who kept asking questions until the real experts got a chance to chime in.
There would be no apologies or retractions necessary from CBS if they had seriously researched the documents before running with the story.
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well, if you are worried about what agreements you are entering into, ICANN requires valid contact information. How often your info will be checked for validity varies, but if you get caught with fraudulent info you can lose your domain. http://www.icann.org/registrars/wdrp.htm http://www.internetprivacyadvocate.org/ProtectYour PersonalInfo.htm
(urls via google keywords: whois contact icann)
Some evil mastermind. His grand scheme was discovered within a matter of hours by non-experts of the blogosphere who kept asking questions until the real experts got a chance to chime in. There would be no apologies or retractions necessary from CBS if they had seriously researched the documents before running with the story.