Whether legally right or wrong, this is a slippery slope I don't think DirectNic fully thought through before taking action.
I'm no lawyer, but I'm not so sure that DirectNic can legally request third party identification, even if it says they can in their TOS. What if the webmaster resides in Canada where he'd be violating Canadian privacy laws by giving out that information?
I think justice would have been better served if DirectNic had simply passed the CP report along to proper authorities.
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