False Domain Info May Mean Jail

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From Wired.com

Congress may crack down on businesses and people who provide false information when they register a website, proposing huge fines and extra jail time for those who violate copyright and trademark law.

Backers say the bill, known as the Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act, targets only those who lie when submitting data to domain-registration databases and then go on to break federal laws.

hmmmmm So they will only check up on you and fine you if you break a federal law…

Is it just me, or would someone who intends on breaking the law not provide their real information…

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thats the point…

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That’s good - this means more domains for the rest of us to pick and choose from :slight_smile:

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:slight_smile: hells yes. I think I’ll register kirupa.com once the k-man gets busted. :smiley:

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:ogre:

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*Originally posted by Yeldarb *
**thats the point… **

Hu ?

it’s 4:40am so you may have lost me, but what do you mean thats the point?

They way I read it…

They are not going to force people to provide real information when they register a Domain name.

But if you do provide fake information and then get caught breaking federal law, you will get huge fines and extra jail time.

I think anyone that plans on breaking federal law isn’t going to provide their real information.

It’s the same as saying, if you rob a bank in a stolen car we are going to give you extra jail time… So whats your choice ?

  1. Rob the bank in a stolen car and hope you don’t get caught.

  2. Rob the bank in your own car, registered under your own name, and get caught for sure !

So when you say thats the point… I say whats the point !

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the point is.

its another thing you could get in trouble for

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another reason not to do illegal activity.

Kind of like thumbprinting a check if you don’t have an account with that bank. If you don’t have your prints on criminal record…then what exactly are they going to compare it to? And if someone without my fingerprint decides to cash one of my checks…they aren’t going to really know it until its too late. Now when I pipe up about the check being cashed without my knowledge then they can compare the two prints on the checks…one from mine and one from the criminal and it will be obvious then.

So it does a little good.

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It is just added deterrance. Seems fairly simple and straight forward, but that’s just me.

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I dont think it adds to anything…

If your setting up a domain name with the intention of breaking a federal law. I really dont think they are going to care about a few extra years for lying in their registration.

All this will do is to insure they distance themselfs from the registration details further.

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Well to look at it in another way, cybersquatters who use fake information probably won’t be able to reply to any requests from the authorities about their domains. Therefore, the owner doesn’t “exist” because he/she used false information. The domain can be easily revoked and given to somebody who really needs it :slight_smile:

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Bamb if someone is determined enough to do somehting ilegal, nothing is going to stop them from commiting the act. Laws like this arm aimed at the people that may not be as determined, to say to them “thats a really bad idea” and get them to not commit the act. It also serves to ensure that determined criminals spend more time behind bars, and will in theory not be able to commit the act again for a longer period of time