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Does Whois Privacy protect me from a UDRP?

ASKED BY CHRIS · 2010.03.13

What kind of protection does whois privacy really provide? Protection from whom? Lawyers, Law Enforcement?

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Chris · 2010.03.13 2 VOTES

According to this article on DNW, there may not be that much protection from any kind of legal complaint.

jorge · 2010.03.14 1 VOTE

The main purpose of whois privacy is to reduce spam. I think, as a domainer, that I WANT to hear from potential buyers -- so I rarely use whois privacy.

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A person reads every comment before it appears, so yours will not show up straight away. No account, no login, no email address.

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