My thoughts exactly. Divide the database based upon the amount people pay
in. People in the database only get hit by one OpenSRS RSP and there is no
competition between RSPs. Not to mention that Im sure there is enough data
to go around even for someone only putting in a small amount. I think that
right now the most important thing to think about is what legal issues there
are that could keep this from happening. That should be examined closely.
- Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Colin Viebrock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Whoa!! NetSol gets REAL slimy
> 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
> >
> >
>
