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ARTICLE · 21 JUNE 2007

DotPh’s Anonymous Domains: A Boon For Cyber-Gripers?

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The Philippine domain name registrar, DotPh, announced that it has started offering anonymous registrations for the i.ph domain. This is intended to support bloggers and individuals who maintain websites for personal purposes.

PhilippinesIntellectual Property
Vicente Amador
Vicente Amador

The Philippine domain name registrar, DotPh, announced that it has started offering anonymous registrations for the i.ph domain. This is intended to support bloggers and individuals who maintain websites for personal purposes. It is the world's first anonymous domain and can be activated by providing the registrar with an email address and a mobile phone number.

This is unprecedented, and it is uncertain whether it would encourage Internet use in the Philippines without sacrificing IP rights in the Philippines.

Anonymous domain names are different from other domain name registrations in these particulars:

  1. Representations

    2. DotPh dispenses with ICANN's requirement that the registrant warrant that "to (his) knowledge, the registration of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party" and that he "will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations."

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