Abuse of RIPE Database for Junkmail

If we can find more evidence of this, I would like to 
take action. Any more sightings before we ask in a broader
forum?

Daniel


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Date:     Thu, 26 Oct 95 07:28:25 IST
From:     Hank Nussbacher <HANK at VM.TAU.AC.IL>
To:       ncc at ripe.net
Subject:  Possible copyright violation

I seem to remember the RIPE database is copyright and users are not
to make commercial use of it.  Today I got a 7 page fax from PACT
conferences in relation ot Net User - the first major
exhibition dedicated to the Internet in France (from Herve Thevenet).
PACT is in partnership with Eunet, Informatiques Magazine, Skyworld,
Apple and World Channel Technologies.  They list their e-mail
contact as ht11 at calvanet.calvacom.fr.  The only place they could
have extracted my fax number is from the RIPE database - and my
interest in Israel to such a conference is minimal.  Is this the
start of junkfax based on your database?

I think the ripe list should be polled to see if others have received
such a fax and if so legal options should be persued if you don't want
everyone ripping off your DB.

Hank

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