> The "respectyourprivacy" site raises the terrible fear that web site operators might get spam. Big deal. You have spam filters, right? Or that a business migh

> The "respectyourprivacy" site raises the terrible fear that web site operators might get spam. Big deal. You have spam filters, right? Or that a business might have to have a telephone number that reaches someone. Any business which doesn't, you probably don't want to deal with anyway. 1) Except it doesn't just apply to businesses. 2) A number of politically oriented sites accept donations [which ICANN/others could consider "commercial" activity] but are espousing views they don't want to be made public [to avoid harassment/retaliation]. etc. There are plenty of edge cases where this covers things that are "not businesses".