[ga] Re: [atlarge-discuss] Re: [nc-transfer] Re: [ncdnhc-discuss] WLSproposal

[eric@hi-tek.com]

Hugh,
This is a great service and I believe that nowadays it is a good idea.
We found ourselves sitting in a Federal Courthouse explaining to a judge that
@hi-tek.com only meant that we hosted an email account and had nothing to do with
what our client did with domain names.  It cost about five grand in attorneys
fees, and we did all the talking because nobody with a law degree seemed to
understand email. That was 98-99 and I think we have come a long way.

Whois, Transfers and WLS are issues created as revenue sources for Verisign.
We definitely need to organize some consumer groups to guard our rights.  And I
think we are as long as we keep our eye on the ball and avoid too many wild
pitches.

Eric

Hugh Blair wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: todd glassey
> >
> > I actually just got my first piece of SPAM email that I can clearly identify
> > as being from someone's illegal harvesting of WHOIS data. What is also
> > interesting is that BANKONE sent me a US Mail advertisement and mailed to
> > the street address of the "Whois" domain address I just got the SPAM sent
> > to. Since there are no other references to this entity anywhere on this
> > planet that I know of there is only one possible place the data came from.
> > WHOIS.
>
> I'm really sorry to hear that, but...
>
> Welcome to our world. The more domain names you own or manage, the more
> SPAM you'll get. Especially if they're new registrations. Those are a special
> target. I have several domain names that use unique information that is not
> posted anywhere else but in the WHOIS - yet they get SPAM as quick as within a
> week.  That's why I set up http://www.hiddenregistration.com/  Folks don't
> have to agree with the concept - or use it - but for those that need to be
> hidden, it works.
>
> It's nasty out here.
>
> --
>     Hugh
>
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