] Network Solutions, a full-service provider of domain
] names, Web sites and e-mail services, today announced
] specific precautions customers can take to protect their
] personal information associated with their domain name
] registrations with the launch of a new consumer privacy
] advocate Web site, http://www.internetprivacyadvocate.org

It would obviously be totally out of character for them to do something benevolent. So what is the deal here? OIC, they want you to file a comment asking ICANN to allow Network Solutions to prohibit bulk whois transfers. Obvious there are privacy implications, but obviously bulk whois transfers were not created for the benefit of spammers in the first place. Who needs bulk access to this data? Who is getting screwed here? Anyone know?

Network Solutions(R) Launches Internet Privacy Web Site