Comment Re:Do we have no choice but to accept new rules? (Score 1) 131
And of course we aren't to use the information from the whois database for marketing purposes. And yet NSI does. Most recently was a spam from Doug Wolford today which was sent to tech contacts attempting to sell us on their ecommerce solution I think. Trashed it of course.
Since the rules don't apply to them, they don't apply to anybody else.
And remember the old days when a .net, .org or .com meant something? At one time, NSI would check the .net and .org registration templates to make sure the company met the qualifications much as is done with a .edu but I believe the excuse given is it is no longer possible with the volume. Not possible to do the job right. Not possible to live by the rules.
And .... seems they fixed that long message on the whois display by adding line feeds. Bet that broke a few scripts again today.
Since the rules don't apply to them, they don't apply to anybody else.
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