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Antony:

Nice to see your name! Brian Krebs of WPost has a conversation on this going in his Security blog:

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/12/govt_fake_web_s.html

I would think that the figures are significantly higher. The methodology employed in this "study" seems to be flawed in my opinion.
I posted on this at my blog

The phishers are the more visible infringers, but they are anything but alone in their abuse.

Any estimate as to what percentage of fake or missing domain name registration data would be filled in properly—at least on new registrations—if protection of that data from spammers, etc. was mandatory?

You might be left with only frauds.

I used to give the number of Gamblers Anonymous to anyone whose attentions at parties I deemed unwelcome ...

Didn't realise there was such a big Registrant data problem; surely it's the responsibility of the Reseller to ensure data integrity.