[anti-abuse-wg] the mandatory abuse field

 >That raises the question for me: How does ARIN deal with these folks 
who are 'not cooperative'?

You have asked a question that most entities that operate whois database 
will not answer.  They make big presentations about warning banners and 
discuss "mandatory" fields but when the data gets compromised nothing 
gets done.   This is not limited to ARIN, RIPE, etc. it is true of just 
about all whois operators.  For instance, everybody knows 
DomainTools.com is harvesting and reselling the data in these whois 
databases yet what formal action have any of these whois operators taken 
in response?

The result of all these rules, restrictions, blocking, and policies is 
that it inconveniences the people who use the services normally while 
the people violating the policies continue unabated.  This situation is 
rarely considered when all the policies and procedures are developed so 
much of that work ends up being useless and people get all bent out of 
shape because there is a policy in place that is not enforced.