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As much as RightHaven might have been asshats, this sort of precedent concerns me.. I've had domain information that has been years out of date before I realized it.

I wonder what degree of "correctness" they need.. if I leave off an apartment number, is that bad enough? If I renew for 3 years and don't bother updating in there, can I get shut down?

Worry about your e-mail address and keep it functional and responsive. They don't care about an apartment number.

But technically an apartment number being wrong is also "invalid whois information." If it's just selective enforcement, that's a whole other pain.

The apartment analogy is .. erm "apt". Why do we effectively rent domains, and not really own them?

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