All,

Comments have been made on this list accusing NetRegistry of spamming the
AUNIC database. They are completely inaccurate and a mistake on the part of
Joshua Rowe.

I would hope that he would be brave enough to apologise for his damaging
remarks.

That notwithstanding, NetRegistry hosts the AUNIC database, and this has
become the subject of some suspicion. For the record:

1. NetRegistry takes its community responsibility in hosting this key
component of Australia's Internet infrastructure very seriously.
2. NetRegistry under no circumstances sends spam to AUNIC entrants. Our bulk
email direct marketing is restricted solely to our customers who have
provided their information to us voluntarily for the purposes of customer
relationship management.
3. NetRegistry advertises on the AUNIC website under a contract agreed to by
auDA and this is our sole commercial benefit for providing this service to
auDA for nothing (including bandwidth, equipment and support).
4. Like many companies, NetRegistry does undertake telemarketing, and
publicly available whois information is sometimes used for this purposes -
for example to get contact details for a website a telemarketer may be
viewing. This I consider acceptable use.
5. In future, all list members should understand that comments made on this
list that fall under defamation or libel legislation are actionable. This
(although I am not a lawyer) would seem to include replying to a message
with a defamatory subject line.

Lastly, I have never understood why people on email lists seem so keen to
sling mud around. The notion of common courtesy seems to take a leave of
absence when the Internet is involved. Perhaps that's part of the reason the
bubble came and went. Contentious issues are best dealt with directly
between protagonists without resort to public soap boxing.


Regards

Larry Bloch
Chief Executive Officer
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