I seem to recall the terms of the lease prohibit resale of the information
to third parties, so if 100 people want to have access to it they would
have to organize a joint venture of some kind.
As for the generic mailing and round-robin DNS stuff, I think some are
concerned about multiple RSP's marketing to the same domain owners, and
diluting the effectiveness of the campaign. Personally, I think an
agreement to divide up the target market would work just as well. After
all, not everyone wants to charge $35.00 a year, or offer the same added
services, etc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin Viebrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: Whoa!! NetSol gets REAL slimy
> [Mon, 12 Feb 2001] Chuck Hatcher said:
>
> > I do not want to criticize your proposal, especially since you have
spent
> > some time crunching the numbers, but if each of your members only gets
2,150
> > mailings, that number is small enough to harvest in a few hours using
the
> > whois server.
> >
> > In order to share or split up the whois database, the 100 RSP's would
have
> > to at least temporarily join together form a single legal entity, which
adds
> > a layer of red tape to the process.
>
> Why can't all the RSPs chip in their $100 or whatever, get the entire
> list, and then do what they want with it? Why would you need to form a
> new entity? Or do a generic mailing? Or round-robin DNS stuff?
>
> - Colin
>
>
