On: WHOIS blackout period likely starting in May

[robalfonso]

Privacy still has a place, this would not keep someone from knowing what corporation owns a domain - and will not keep the government or other interested parties from finding that out. Privacy services still act as an impediment to keep ownership private far better than this will.

[throwaway2048 → robalfonso]

It however brings to a dead stop the push they have been making to make whois privacy a violation of the TOS of registering a domain.