Actually, while I'm *truly* enjoying this comparitive history lesson, I
could care less about the personal comments. Please try to keep it
pertinent, or keep it offlist.
We're arguing semantics here now - booooring.
Besides, Al Gore invented the Internet, all proceeds to go Boy Scouts of
America, and WIPO makes all their decisions by seance with Jimmy Hoffa,
and 99% of web content is served from a TRS-80 located in a hut in Western
Somoa transmitting to the world by that little phone ET built.
I *know* I read that - RFC-00001 Alpha
It's gotta be true...
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Adam Beecher wrote:
> 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
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> Patrick Greenwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
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> > 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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> \/\
> > Patrick Greenwell
> > Earth is a single point of failure.
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