[anti-abuse-wg] whois access

> -----Original Message-----
> From: anti-abuse-wg-bounces at ripe.net [mailto:anti-abuse-wg-
> bounces at ripe.net] On Behalf Of russ at consumer.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 8:42 PM
> Cc: anti-abuse-wg at ripe.net

>  >So you want to make money out of our data? And you're upset that
> EU
> law and RIPE's policies slows you down?
> > Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions
>
> You may not like the response (I would not like it if I were
> outside the
> US) but the data is bought and paid for by the US taxpayer.

The RIPE database is maintained by the RIPE NCC, and to the best of my 
knowledge, the RIPE-specific (non-mirrored) contents of the database have 
been contributed, update by update, by the RIPE NCC and the RIPE community. 
I totally fail to see how e.g. my person object would have been 'bought and 
paid for by the US taxpayer'.

> But, yes, I want to continue to make money off the data.  Just like
> your
> business wants to continue make money off the fact that domain
> registration was changed from a one-company monopoly to a
> distributed
> competitive system so that companies like your can combine domain
> registration and web hosting.

I have no problem with that. If you can provide added value that attracts 
customers, more power to you. I believe many other players, including 
US-based ones, quite successfully use RIPE database contents for purposes 
similar to yours.

-- 
Thor Kottelin
http://www.anta.net/