Re: verio mining the opensrs whois database

[bill]

That only applies to e-mail.  Network Solutions has left old fashioned
marketing (telephone, snail mail) wide open...

> 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?