Re: verio mining the opensrs whois database

[bill]

> interest is the section that allows the registrar to sell their data for a
> fee of up to $10,000 to a third party.  So perhaps instead what is

ICANN *requires* the registrar to sell bulk access to the data.  There is
a big difference between "allows" and "requires".

>       ICANN's page also lists Verio as a pending registrar with a status
> of "Companies that have qualified for accreditation as post-testbed
> registrars, but are not yet finally accredited".  The conduct that Verio

And it will most likely always remain that way as they own part of
Melbourne IT so they don't need to finished their own accreditation
process.

Regards,
Bill