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4 Comments
Lutz Donnerhacke
I already send my comment to the list. It's personal.
http://forum.icann.org/lists/comments-meet-proposed-amendment-22oct15/msg00000.html
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Alan Greenberg
There seems to be some confusion. The RSEP is not a request to eliminate the WHOIS Query function, which is mandatory, but the "Searchable" Whois web query which is an optional capability and allows searching on a wide variety of WHOIS fields including, in some case, partial text (equivalent to wild-card) searches.
Afilias, who originally applied for the domain volunteered to include such a capability, but they have since transferred the TLD to Google who did not offer such a service for its own applications.The service, in theory, would be available only to authorized users (it is currently open, but as far as I can see, the only domain in use is nic.meet). The searchable WHOIS returns only the domain name, not the entire (viewable) WHOIS entry.
Both the WHOIS lookup and the searchable WHOIS can be found at whois.nic.meet.
For details, see the contract at https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/meet/meet-agmt-pdf-redline-16jan14-en.pdf, Exhinit A, Section 3, Page 39-40 and Specification 4, Section 1.10, Page 64.
Holly Raiche
As Alan has clearly stated above, this is an application for removal of what is now an optional capability to allow searching on a wide variety of WHOIS fields. This is NOT a request about eliminating the actual WHOIS query function - as required under the RAA.
Given that this is only a request for remove an optional capability, and the requirements for the WHOIS query fuction will be met, I strongly suggest that we do not make a subission to this proposal.
Olivier Crepin-Leblond
Originally I thought exactly what Lutz had said: if this is a publicly used top level domain, you cannot remove WHOIS queries for it.
However, reading the document, I note that the searchable WHOIS would be removed but "Google Registry will continue to comply with all other WHOIS requirements set forth in the .MEET Registry Agreement." - which means a standard WHOIS will continue to be operated.
I would be completely against the removal of a standard WHOIS, but a searchable WHOISwith boolean wildcards is not mandatory so I am okay with removing it. As long as the standard WHOIS requirements are met and an end user is able to identify the source of spam or malware or the owner of a domain name with which they are doing business, I am okay with the amendments.