Re: Confirming the Nominet position

[bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com]

> The problem with both copyright and database right arises with 
> enforcement, particularly in respect of electronic data such as a zone 
> file.  Firstly it can be hard to identify whether a data mining event has 
> taken place, in the context of the high volume of traffic affecting the 
> nameservers on a day to day basis. If a technical department cannot show 
> this, there is nothing that a legal department can do. Even if it is clear 
> that it is happening, the technical department may not be able to trace 
> who has done it, because the use of multiple proxies can make it 
> impossible (or prohibitively expensive) to find it. Even if this can be 
> done, the person(s) involved may be abroad. If they are in a difficult 
> jurisdiction (even including eastern Europe, which is part of the EU) the 
> differences in language and legal systems add to the expense and 
> complexity of pursuing legal proceedings. 

	to make it easier to track, would "watermarking" the
	database be helpful?

> Jay

--bill

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