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> Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:57:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: Patrick Greenwell <[email protected]> > To: Tim Salo <[email protected]> > cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Director Database Marketing (Herndon VA US) (http://www.saic.com/career/jobs/c5 > > On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Tim Salo wrote: > > > > Did the idiots at SAIC forget that they don't *own* the domain information > > > again? > > > > And, what makes you think that NSI doesn't have intellectual property > > rights to the whois database. Again, please frame your answer in the > > context of the applicable Federal law and regulations, probably the > > FARs and the contract or cooperative agreement between NSI and the NSF. > > > > And, even if NSI doesn't "own" rights (either copyright or trade secret) to > > the whois database, what makes you think that NSI must provide the > > database to anyone else? And, if NSI is obligated to provide the database > > to another party, (e.g., the U.S. Government), what makes you think that > > that party is permitted or obligated to provide it to another party? > > > > I don't know that the answers are to these questions, but I haven't met > > anyone who I thought had a clue either. > > Take a look at http://www.cavebear.com/nsf-dns/ for some answers (or more > questions depending on your POV.) Note that Karl's document: o Is focused on whether the whois database is within the purview of the Privacy Act of 1974, but doesn't directly address the ownership of the whois database; o Doesn't discuss the relevance of the FARs, which explicitly talk about the ownership rights of government contractors; and o Says that the NSF asserts that NSI owns the whois database. -tjs
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