Since transfers require the gaining registrar to confirm with the current admin. contact, and the only way to get the admin. E-Mail address is to query the losing registrar's WHOIS, I think blocking or falsifying data would constitute restraint of trade.
-- Lynn On Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:45:43 -0700, Dave Warren wrote: >Rate limit, provide a "Leave us the flack alone", whatever. But *DO NOT* >provide fradulent data (If this is true). If a registrar wants to buy the >WHOIS from another registrar, they can do so. > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:25 PM >Subject: <?spam=BCC> Re: Transfer Email > >> Given how frequently some registrars rape other registrars >> Whois databases for renewals I don't think there is much >> chance of successfully arguing against "protecting >> oneself". This is also another reason why some registrars >> severely govern the rate at which you can query their >> Whois. >> >> I'm espicially fed up with Register.Com doing this and >> physically mailing me creatively worded renewals in hopes >> I'll screwup and renew with them ... They also throw in >> variant names on top of it!
