<SNIP>
> "By submitting a
> WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful
> purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to:
> (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass
> unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail
> (spam);"
>
> Other registrars have similar words as part of their whois
> replies. OpenSRS has not. Is this because it has no legal force?
</SNIP>
That's a very interesting question... I'll have to ask about that. It
would be quite simple to add that information - as long as we have the
legal right to do so. I'm not sure (as I'm not a lawyer) but.. doesn't
that 'legalize' go strictly against some form of "Freedom of Information
Act" - or am I just rambling? *I ramble, it's ok...you can tell me*
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Marc Schneiders wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
>
> > Hello Jeff,
> >
> > Tuesday, July 25, 2000, 1:29:13 PM, you wrote:
> >
> > > I believe that the issue described in the article above is in fact
> > > happening to the opensrs database, although I do not know on what level. We
> > > registered a domain yesterday through OpenSRS and within 24 hours the
> > > registrant was contacted by Verio who then solicited the registrant for web
> > > design and hosting services.
> [...]
> >
> > Well, there is no way to get a list of domains recently registered by
> > using whois alone. Chances are they are using the actual zone files,
> > doing a diff against them, getting a list of newly added domains, and
> > then doing specific queries on just those domains.
> >
> > I don't see that there is anything that can be done about this, it's
> > not illegal.
> >
>
> Would it be illegal to "mine" from the NetSol whois, which says each time
> you query it:
>
> "By submitting a
> WHOIS query, you agree that you will use this Data only for lawful
> purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to:
> (1) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission of mass
> unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations via e-mail
> (spam);"
>
> Other registrars have similar words as part of their whois
> replies. OpenSRS has not. Is this because it has no legal force?
>
> --
> Marc Schneiders - - - Venster - - - http://www.venster.nl
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>
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