A new law to require accurate customer data might be necessary because the U.S. Department of Commerce and other oversight bodies have not been doing their job, lawmakers on the House of Representatives intellectual-property subcommittee said.. . .

A new law to require accurate customer data might be necessary because the U.S. Department of Commerce and other oversight bodies have not been doing their job, lawmakers on the House of Representatives intellectual-property subcommittee said.

"I'm disappointed with the failure of the marketplace and regulators to deal with this problem. A legislative solution seems necessary," said California Democratic Rep. Howard Berman.

The Commerce Department will seek to require greater accountability from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, when it renews its authority to oversee the domain-name system this fall, a Commerce Department official said.

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