" 'Whois' actually facilitates protection of personal information," argued J. Scott Evans, a lawyer who represents intellectual property interests before Icann.

I've blogged several times about my love for Trumba, an online calendar that I use for myself, my family, and my kids' sports teams. When I blogged about it, it was wonderful. I say "was" because the company has decided to dump me as a user. They're not forcing me off right now, but they're abandoning the consumer market in favor of an "event" or "enterprise" approach and increasing the price to $99/month. That's not a misprint. Trumba thinks its going to build its future on an online calendar that sells for $1200 each year. This strikes me as completely insane. There's no online calendar worth that much, for the enterprise...or even the palace. I'm grandfathered until my subscription expires next year, but I'd rather find a replacement soon rather than later. Any ideas?

At today's public forum, I asked the Board to keep in mind the concerns of the legacy applicants when it considers new gTLDs tomorrow. A copy of a letter I sent to ICANN on behalf of one applicant is attached to this post. (Link: legacyletter.pdf)

John C. Dvorak and his gang of cranky geeks do a few minutes on whois and the recent GNSO work in the Halloween edition of the Cranky Geeks show. Contains some colorful language.