Yes, this is complex. I agree; so far we've been pretending it's not complicated, and that's not really working any more.
The law is based on moral decisions, so I think "splitting that away" is probably circular - eventually a law will be made to deal with an immoral situation. We might as well consider the morality now and save some time.
I think we should get into all sorts of discussions about what's OK, what's not OK, and what is an edge case. People should be held responsible for what happens on their domain. There should be a discussion about whether the potential registration of "faceb00k.com" is legitimate or not.
What if there was a jury of 12 random people who had to approve every domain registration, and also decide whether that domain registrant should be anonymous or not? Would that lead to better results than we have now?
The law is based on moral decisions, so I think "splitting that away" is probably circular - eventually a law will be made to deal with an immoral situation. We might as well consider the morality now and save some time.
I think we should get into all sorts of discussions about what's OK, what's not OK, and what is an edge case. People should be held responsible for what happens on their domain. There should be a discussion about whether the potential registration of "faceb00k.com" is legitimate or not.
What if there was a jury of 12 random people who had to approve every domain registration, and also decide whether that domain registrant should be anonymous or not? Would that lead to better results than we have now?