There's absolutely no need to be obnoxious Patrick. This person would appear
to be trying to do a good deed. I don't know if you have a personal grudge
against them or what, but if you do maybe you should explain, rather than
sounding so pathetically petty.
adam
Patrick Greenwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Domain Registration Role Account wrote:
>
> > In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010161849490.53600-
[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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