[anti-abuse-wg] whois access

I looked over the MOU for the RIR's and these seem to be the relevant 
clauses to whois data access:

"The ICANN bylaws assign to the ASO the responsibility for the 
development of global policies relating to the following areas:   
Definition of global policies for the distribution and registration of 
Internet address space (currently IPv4 and IPv6);... Specifically this 
responsibility is limited to the above and does not extend to the 
business practices or local policies of the RIRs except as needed to 
ensure that the RIRs meet the criteria for ICANN approved RIRs. The RIRs 
are responsible to their own members and in most cases this must be 
their prime responsibility."

ICANN/IANA has a responsibility under the US government contract:  "The 
Contractor shall ensure the authentication, integrity, and reliability 
of the data in performing the IANA requirements, including the data 
relevant to DNS, root zone file, and IP address allocation."