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<DIV><SPAN class=554434014-26072006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>To
clarify, DROA was never a Register.com reseller. In fact we sued them a
few years ago to stop the misleading solicitations. We will
be contacting them about this . . . .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-registrars@gnso.icann.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Tim Ruiz<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 26, 2006 7:34
AM<BR><B>To:</B> registrars@gnso.icann.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [registrars]
DROA mining data via our easywhois site<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I think that's because they had been resellers for all three at some
point, and left for one reason or another. They may still have
customers with registrations at one or more of those registrars. I'll have
this run by our Legal in regards to Wild West Domains. </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Tim <BR></DIV>
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Original Message --------<BR>Subject: Re: [registrars] DROA mining data via
our easywhois site<BR>From: Dan Wright <wright@smx.pair.com><BR>Date:
Tue, July 25, 2006 12:58 pm<BR>To: Larry Erlich
<erlich@domainregistry.com><BR>Cc: John Kane <kane@enom.com>,
registrars@gnso.icann.org<BR><BR>Their registration agreement seems to imply
that they are a part of<BR>Register.com, eNom, and Wild West domains.
Is there any truth to that? Do<BR>these other registrars even
know DROA is making this statement in their<BR>agreement?<BR><BR><BR>"This
Registration Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions
of<BR>your use of this domain name registration service to register an
Internet domain<BR>name, your registration of that domain name, as well as
other domain name<BR>related services. In this Agreement "you" and "your"
refer to each customer and<BR>"we", "us" and "our" refer to Register.com,
Inc., eNom, Inc., Wild West Domains,<BR>Inc., BRANDON GRAY INTERNET SERVICES
INC. (dba "NameJuice.com")<BR>(\u201cRegistrar?, the ICANN accredited
Registrars and DRoA, through which the<BR>services are being offered.
"<BR><BR><BR><BR>Daniel J. Wright
wright@pair.com<BR>Lead
Software Developer, pairNIC https://www.pairnic.com<BR>pair Networks,
Inc.
http://www.pair.com<BR><BR>On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, Larry Erlich
wrote:<BR><BR>> DROA operates as namejuice.com<BR>> "BRANDON GRAY
INTERNET SERVICES, INC. DBA NAMEJUICE.COM".<BR>><BR>> I don't know for
sure but I believe they are the<BR>> same company or closely
affiliated.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Larry Erlich<BR>>
http://www.DomainRegistry.com<BR>><BR>>
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DomainRegistry.com Inc.<BR>> ICANN Accredited Registrar * Since
1996<BR>>
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John Kane wrote:<BR>> > They were a eNom reseller years ago but have
been ICANN accredited for about two years. They were banned from making
transfers (which was the main issue) on eNom's credential and new
registrations are on there on their own ICANN credential. Obviously we
do not approve or condone whois scraping.<BR>> > JLK<BR>>
><BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From: "Mark
Jeftovic" <markjr@easydns.com><BR>> > To: "Registrars
Constituency" <registrars@gnso.icann.org><BR>> > Sent: 7/24/06
11:51 AM<BR>> > Subject: [registrars] DROA mining data via our
easywhois site<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > So I have logs
documenting DROA machine harvesting whois data via our<BR>> >
easywhois.com universal whois lookup. It's no newsflash that they
are<BR>> > harvesting data, but now I have logs showing they are doing
it.<BR>> ><BR>> > Enom: Aren't these guys one of your
resellers?<BR>> ><BR>> > Is there any will within ICANN at all
to enforce the rules against this?<BR>> ><BR>> > Jul 24 12:42:31
sp4506 index.php[13621]: Valid query - host:<BR>> >
209.167.25.246,<BR>> >
ref:http://admin.droa.com/miscwhois.asp?domain=kinaree.net, domain:<BR>>
> kinaree.net<BR>> ><BR>> > Jul 24 12:49:02 sp4506
index.php[16406]: Valid query - host:<BR>> > 209.167.25.205,<BR>>
>
ref:http://admin.droa.com/miscwhois.asp?domain=partyanimalswy.net,<BR>>
> domain: partyanimalswy.net<BR>> ><BR>> > Jul 24 13:44:39
sp4506 index.php[18860]: Valid query - host:<BR>> >
209.167.25.241,<BR>> >
ref:http://admin.droa.com/miscwhois.asp?domain=forensicanthropology.net,<BR>>
> domain: forensicanthropology.net<BR>> ><BR>> > Jul 24
14:18:09 sp4506 index.php[19035]: Valid query - host:<BR>> >
209.167.25.205,<BR>> >
ref:http://admin.droa.com/miscwhois.asp?domain=mwsdlegal.com,
domain:<BR>> > mwsdlegal.com<BR>> ><BR>> > Jul 24 14:26:51
sp4506 index.php[19159]: Valid query - host:<BR>> >
209.167.25.205,<BR>> >
ref:http://admin.droa.com/miscwhois.asp?domain=g3concert.com,
domain:<BR>> > g3concert.com<BR>> ><BR>>
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