Why should I have to register to be allowed the exclusive permission to contact IMDB? I guess they don’t want to hear how to improve their site, correct omissions, etc. (Just who is in their inner circle??? Maybe I should have to join ASCAP!?!)
It helps cut down on the riff-raff. Do you have something specific in mind that you know to be incorrect?
This. They have had significant issues in the past with “corrections” that were incorrect. They chose the tell us who you are before we listen to what you have to say method to reduce the amount of crazy requests that they get for changes of the incorrect kind.
If it occasionally loses them a valid correction that seems to be a consequence they’re willing to live with.