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