SECUR> Blogger forces Irish domain registry into sunlight
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- Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 11:14:57 -0400
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Blogger forces Irish domain registry into sunlight
By Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 09/05/2003 at 13:45 GMT
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30636.html
Irish blogger and Internet consultant Antoin O'Lachtnain has succeeded in
his bid to force the secretive company running Ireland's .ie domain into the
open.
Following a lengthy battle with IE Domain Registry Ltd (IEDR) and the
University College Dublin (the original owner of the registry) using the
Freedom of Information Act, an appeal has finally seen the not-for-profit
director-owned company ordered to release large amounts of correspondence
concerning the .ie domain.
The company has attempted to block the release of any material by claiming
alternately that it is commercially sensitive, would break others' privacy,
may prejudice upcoming trials, would break the laywer-client privilege and
doesn't exist or can't be found.
The Information Commissioner refused to entertain nearly all grounds and
ordered the information be released, despite IEDR and UCD's concerns that
doing so would "expose the company to prejudicial media comment".
IEDR has eight weeks to appeal on a point of law, after which the workings
of Ireland's most important Internet company will be laid bare. Mr
O'Lachtnain told us he doesn't even know if there will be anything of
interest within the huge pile of paperwork but his intention was to force
greater transparency onto the company.
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