[nc-whois] [fwd] Re: [ga] Bulk Whois Data Issue (from: ross@tucows.com)

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

For your information.

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From: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
To: "William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>, <jon@jonlawrence.com>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:32:31 -0400
Subject: Re: [ga] Bulk Whois Data Issue
Reply-To: "Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>
Organization: Tucows Inc.
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High margin, low-volume and something that suffers under poorly defined
policy. The "opt-out" (and only for individuals) clause is only but one
aspect of the policy that need be examined. There are others.

It is our contention that bulk whois need move to an opt-in model as
outlined in our proposal on the subject.
<http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=104 for more details>.

It is our hope that the Whois TF take a serious look and adopt, if not the
letter, the spirit of our recommendations.

-rwr


----- Original Message -----
From: "William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>
To: <jon@jonlawrence.com>
Cc: <ga@dnso.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ga] Bulk Whois Data Issue


> And, Jon, I think one will find that the majority of those who support
> bulk access are doing so with their own pocket book in mind, with no
> mind whatever to the right of privacy.  Make that buck at any cost to
> anyone else. The misinformation being spewed out by them rivals that
> of Al Queda in its audacity.
>
> Bill Lovell
>
> Jon Lawrence wrote:
>
> >George Kirikos wrote:
> >
> >"Providing bulk access to the WHOIS is hardly a profit center for
> >registrars..."
> >
> >...at US$10,000 per licensee per annum for providing access to a database
> >that only need be updated once weekly, I would think that the obligation
> >to provide bulk whois access is for many registrars a very high margin
profit
> >centre indeed.
> >
> >regards
> >jon lawrence
> >
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