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?
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