I'm in the wrong bidnez...
Maybe I'll go back to selling party favours at the local mall - this
legalize stuff gives me headaches :)
I'll speak to our lawyer (not necessarily in tune with selling party
favours, but I can speak to them none-the-less) regarding what is "legal"
here...
If Verio (or anyone for that matter) is engaged in illegal practice, it
shouldn't be long before they're stopped :)
Charles Daminato
OpenSRS Support Manager
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Derek J. Balling wrote:
> At 7:20 PM -0400 7/25/00, Charles Daminato wrote:
> >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*
>
> Legally, it's a very gray area itself. The FOIA has nothing to do
> with domain names.
>
> What's at issue is whether YOU own the data about me (and hence can
> copyright it), or whether _I_ own the data about me.
>
> If YOU own it, then you can put an NSI-like notice up, claim
> ownership and sue the pants off someone who abuses their license on
> the data. That ties up your lawyers and your energy. It also puts you
> at odds with people who will claim that their address and phone
> number and information about THEM belongs to THEM.
>
> If I own it, then you might be able to put up a notice akin to "This
> data is copyrighted by the domain-holder, blah blah blah", but those
> blah's would have to (a) be CAREFULLY crafted, (b) agreed to by every
> domain-holder (not just resellers, for whom it is easy to change the
> rules on *G*), and (c) would probably VARY from domain-holder to
> domain-holder (depending on each company or person's personal
> requirements).
>
> The first gets you into potential hassles, so does the second.
>
> There are other points to this issue as well, I'm sure, but these are
> some highlights to think about.
>
> d
>
