kapow - 5:44 pm on Mar 21, 2007 (gmt 0)

This is very important. We manage a few hundred domains for our clients, all with correct information. I see 20-80 spams per day sent to the admin contacts obtained by scraping whois database. In 7 years I think I have seen 1 or 2 legitimate enquiries. Clearly if a site is doing something illegal then the authorities should be permitted to access the owner information. However, whois desperatly needs some kind of scraper protection, otherwise it will become invalidated by legitimate domain owners entering rubbish info just to avoid the tirade of spam.

And yes, lets be clear about this: The domains engaging in illegal practices are NEVER going to advertise their true details, no more than you will find a calling card from the thief that breaks into your house. So lets protect the innocent damn it!