10 Sep
1998
10 Sep
'98
9:39 a.m.
On 9 Sep 98, at 16:03, Bill Becker wrote:
But even if what he thinks is true, the facts are that NSI is restricting access to the database while using it's data for mailings designed to make a profit. I'm not an attorney, but it sounds like any spammer/marketeer could sue them successfully unless they can show that they own the database, or that the database owner wants the status to remain quo.
It sounds like NSI is restricting access to WHOIS on the same grounds that all of us resist SPAM: self-defense of technical resources.