Whois nets me this: Tuckows Domians Inc., Toronto, Canada. I'd say it's another conglomerate like Vertical Scope with many forums under one roof.
The forum was probably owned by an individual at some point but was purchased by another company, in this case Tuckows Domains, unless I'm wrong.
If I am, correct me.
If you go to whois and enter my .com website, my personal name and landline will come up because I own (lease) the domain.
Your information is way off!
It's TUCOWS, and they are just the registration company, not the owner, just like Godaddy.
OTT is not owned by a conglomerate, it owned by person, I know because I talk to them.
You can hide and keep private who actually own a web site, I know because some of mine are hidden from public record, some are not.
Hosting the web site is also done by another company, INMOTIONHOSTING.COM , and they too do not own the site, but that information is not always right, as hosting can bounce around all the time.