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Yes, and while the government has attempted to address the issue of
turning over certain operational characteristics of the Internet, I do
not believe they have addresses the issue of turning over the database
directly.
Gene Marsh
anycastNET Incorporated
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 6:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: DOJ investigating NSI
>
>
> On Fri, 07 May 1999 15:32:18 -0400, "A.M. Rutkowski"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >At 03:04 PM 5/7/99 , Martin B. Schwimmer wrote:
> >>Wired: WHO OWNS WHOIS DATABASE? (POL. Thursday)
> >
> >>Robert Raisch, who was active in initial commercialization of the
> >>domain-name system and now an Internet business consultant,
> said if the
> >>investigation is successful the Whois database will be
> deemed a public
> >>resource.
> >
> >When did DOJ acquire the authority to deem the information
> >extracted from a private company's customer database a
> >"public resource?"
> >
>
> It isn't this private company's customer database. It is the
database
> of registrants in a set of Top Level Domains for which this company
> has been CONTRACTED to manage.
>
> Part of this contract included a compensation mechanism, initially
> with a USG signed check, and then by permitting NSI to retain $35/yr
> per registration.
>
> The USG permited a "compensation mechanism" in the contract that has
> an extremely high value. This was how they compensated NSI for
> carrying out its responsibilities under the contract.
>
> This data was compiled subject to this contract. NSI has no strong
> claim to right to that data, the USG does however.
>
>
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