[Chapter-delegates] Internet Society Appointments to theNTIA/IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group

[Richard Hill]

Please see embedded comments below

Thanks and best,
Richard

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>From: Demi Getschko
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>Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 1:58 AM
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>theNTIA/IANA >Stewardship Transition Coordination Group
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>2- In the off-line world, could a owner of a building hide his/her name as 
>a real owner
> of that house?

In some jurisdictions yes, because the building can be owned by the 
equivalent of a limited liability company (Inc. in the US) which can be 
privately owned (stocks not publicly traded) so the name of the stock owners 
are not public.   But of course the legal representative of the company must 
be made public.

>Or a owner of a business?

Same as above.

>Or a publisher of a written paper?

Sure. Anonymity and/or publishing under a pseudonym, are permitted in many 
jurisdictions.

>3- When two people get legally married, could them hide this very fact from 
>the rest
> of the society?

In most jurisdictions, no.


>I am not trying to make a strong parallel between these situations and the 
>fact that one
> holds a domain name but where his/her privacy rights begins to apply? 
> Could I have
> a domain name, and its correspondent site, with contents, transactions,
> possibility of harm others ecc, and yet keep my identity (or, at least, a 
> way to be
>contacted) hidden?

That is a question that can (and has been, and will continue to be) debated.

In most jurisdictions, you can request that your name not be publicly listed 
in the telephone directory.  But of course the telephone company does know 
which name is associated with which telephone number and can be compelled to 
disclose it through some formal process, which may involve a court order.

Maybe that is a useful analogy (or maybe not).

SNIP