[registrars] nsi whois and internic.net

[Larry Erlich <erlich@domainregistry.com>]

This is from the agreement released today.
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WHOIS Data

    All accredited registrars would be obligated to provide query-based 
    access to registration
    data and would be barred from placing conditions upon any legal 
    use of that data, except to
    prohibit use of the data to enable the transmission of mass 
    unsolicited commercial
    solicitations via e-mail (spam) and to enable high-speed 
    processes for applying for
    registrations. 

    All accredited registrars also would be required to provide 
    third-party bulk access to
    registration data (subject to the restrictions discussed above) 
    for an annual fee that may not
    exceed $10,000. This obligation would remain in effect until it 
    is replaced by a different
    policy adopted by ICANN or a finding by the Department of 
    Commerce that no individual
    or entity is able to exercise market power with respect to 
    data used for development of
    third-party value added products and services. 

InterNIC

    Within six months, the InterNIC website (as well as the 
    internic.com, internic.org, and
    internic.net domain names) will be transferred to the Department of 
    Commerce. 

    Until the transfer is completed, NSI will maintain the internic.net 
    website as a public
    information site with a directory of accredited 
    registrars for .com, .net, and .org, with
    hotlinks to those registrars. 

    Within nine months, NSI will modify all of its registration 
    templates and otherwise
    migrate from the use of the term "InterNIC," or Internet 
    addresses that reflect the term
    "InterNIC." 
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