RE: [ga] YesNIC hoarding joesworld.com

["Ross Wm. Rader" <ross@tucows.com>]

Unh-huh. Nice catch. That puts you 2 for 2 this week - not bad for the
lawyer bird ;)

Note to everyone else: expect the utility of whois to decline
dramatically as this observation catches on. (assuming that the John's
interpretation is more correct than mine...)



                       -rwr




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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org] On Behalf 
> Of John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D.
> Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 2:19 PM
> To: ross@tucows.com; 'Abraham Ingersoll'; ga@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [ga] YesNIC hoarding joesworld.com 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> > This is covered under 1.7 of the RAA...
> >
> > [...]
> > Registry Database may be a Registered Name even though it does not 
> > appear in a zone file (e.g., a registered but inactive name).
> >
> > In this case, the whois appears to be inaccurate at the 
> registrar ("No 
> > match for "joesworld.com") -
> 
> But that's the beauty of the game, Ross.  Note that a domain 
> name under Sect. 1.7 of the RAA may be "registered but 
> inactive".  Further note that the obligation to provide whois 
> data applies only to "active" registered domain names.
> 
> Section 3.3.1:
> 
> 3.3.1 At its expense, Registrar shall provide an interactive 
> web page and a port 43 Whois service providing free public 
> query-based access to up-to-date (i.e., updated at least 
> daily) data concerning all active Registered Names sponsored 
> by Registrar for each TLD in which it is accredited.
> 
> Don't you see?  There is NOTHING wrong with what YesNIC is 
> doing here.  As long as the domain name is not an "active 
> Registered Name", then they are under no obligation to 
> provide WHOIS data of any kind at all.
> 
> Section 1.7 says that you can have inactive registered names, 
> and Section 3.3.1 says that you have to provide whois data 
> for "active" registered names. You can have as many inactive 
> registered names with no whois data as you would like.
> 
> If I'm missing something, then point to a specific term of 
> the RAA that YesNIC is violating.
> 
> 
> 
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