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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.
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