On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Domain Registration Role Account wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> , [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >On Mon, 16 Oct 2000, Domain Registration Role Account wrote:
> >> 2) Whois. For years and years, Network Solutions, as a non-profit,
> >> collected contact information for thousands and thousands of domains
> >> in the whois database.
> >
> >Network Solutions was never a non-profit.
>
> Whatever, the InterNIC they created was.
Wrong again. I suggest you do you more research before spouting such
misinformation. NSI did not create the "InterNIC." The term "InterNIC" was
trademarked by AT&T, who turned it over to the USG a couple years ago.
> Still, it's moot. For five years, they amassed a database under an
> exclusive government contract, that should be the property of the
> government, not NSI.
Like it or not(I don't), it is not unusual for the government to allow a
contractor to maintain possession of such databases.
> >> Now as a commercial entity, they say that
> >> database is proprietary (semi-public ?) information that ONLY THEY
> >> can use for marketing purposes. Others are prohibited from harvesting
> >> the data.
> >
> >Untrue.
>
> % whois -h whois.networksolutions.com att.net
> The Data in Network Solutions' WHOIS database is provided by Network
> ...
> purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this Data to:
> ...
> (spam); or (2) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes
> that apply to Network Solutions (or its systems). Network Solutions
>
> So, how does one harvest the data without a high volume, automated,
> electronic process? With a low-volume, manual, biological process?
Did you actually read what you quoted above? Or better yet, do you
actually understand the words?
The above prohibits two things:
1) Spam(email). Spam is theft, not a bona fide marketing activity.
2) Automated domain registration application systems.
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Patrick Greenwell
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