On 14/08/2019 06:24, John Curran wrote:
When you did that Whois look up at the ARIN website, you did agree to
terms of use for the Whois service which contains indemnification
provisions and are legally enforceable.
<https://www.arin.net/resources/registry/whois/tou/>
If you instead used a command line interface (e.g. "whois -h
whois.arin.net <http://whois.arin.net> …”), then you received output
from ARIN’s Whois server along with notice of the applicable terms of
service… I would observe that continued use at that point has been
held to indicate agreement on your part [ref: Register.com
<http://Register.com>, Inc. v. Verio, Inc., 356 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2004)]
Thanks,
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
American Registry for Internet Numbers
Just like to add kudos to John for being open and responsive on this
list and other lists to numerous issues and questions in regards to
ARIN. Not many CEOs are willing or able to respond as you do.
Thanks for your time and effort,
-Hank
