Ip Address and Whois Lookup

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by affiliatemarket5000, Jun 10, 2008.

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    Hello,

    I have a website that currently shows the visitor's ip address and then performs a free whois lookup on any domain. Does anyone know if there are any legal issues I should be concerned with.

    Thanks,
    Jack
     
    affiliatemarket5000, Jun 10, 2008 IP
  2. goscript

    goscript Prominent Member

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    There shouldn't be any problem. There are tons of sites like yours, basically you are querying a whois service are showing the public available info about it.
     
    goscript, Jun 10, 2008 IP
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    pneulameiro Peon

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    there is no problem man. But I am wondering why you do this :)
     
    pneulameiro, Jun 10, 2008 IP
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    affiliatemarket5000 Guest

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    Thanks for the replies.

    I wasn't sure if I had to obtain permission from the source of the public information.
     
    affiliatemarket5000, Jun 10, 2008 IP
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    affiliatemarket5000 Guest

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    I do it for the convenience of the visitor. My site is an information site about DNS and networking. The visitor can then perform a convenient whois lookup directly from my website.

     
    affiliatemarket5000, Jun 10, 2008 IP