Ok, that is a good point Yug.

There would be a blurb (fine print) stating that no Ax Team member would divulge the contact information to anyone that isn't an Ax Team member. The Ax Moderators would be bound to that agreement. The assurance would hopefully be supported by my past history of not abusing the existing 2600+ registered user email accounts by selling it to a spam company. They pay good money for that type of list.

The only information that will be divulged publically would be the Real name and country fields in your profile.

I have some more ideas for this as well...
I would limit the degree to which 'visitors' can view the forum contents.

First, everyone`s profile information would not be viewable unless the viewer was a registered member.

The information below your name on your posts (Email, Website address) would not be seen unless the viewer was a registered member.

Second, the messages could only display up to a certain number of characters, then they would get cut off, unless the viewer was a registered member. For example, this post would only show the first two paragraphs or so. If you weren`t registered, you could generally follow the discussions, but it would become annoying unless you registered.

There has to be an ability to demo the contents of the website to passing visitors, or else nobody would consider registering.

Other projects, like the (eventual) fighters database, would not be viewable unless by a registered person.