Abuse of RIPE Database for Junkmail

On Oct 27, 21:17, Daniel Karrenberg <Daniel.Karrenberg at ripe.net> wrote:
> 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

A factual correction: EUnet's "partnership" with PACT is limited to
providing Internet connectivity for the exhibition and we have no
further strategic relationship with PACT; you will for instance
notice that the email contact is serviced by Oleane.  It seems
reasonable to assume that the other companies mentioned also are not
legal and/or strategic partners of PACT, but rather are sponsors of
the exhibition.

Moreover, for the record, we have never "tapped" the RIPE database
for any kind of improper purpose, we will never do it, and we would
never knowingly assist anybody in doing it.

Having said that, I think Hank's conclusion sounds a little hasty
but I agree that the matter should be pursued.

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