> Is there any case law where someone has asserted a database right for a DNS > zone?
> It seems like a rather stupid thing to do. If someone asserted such a > right, I would make sure not to infringe it by ensuring no entries > from that database entered my DNS caches or other software. It wasn’t the zone itself as such - the concern was use of enumerated zone data to then perform bulk collection of Whois data. > Also, I see that in a decision last year the ECJ required "substantial > extraction" also caused "significant detriment" to the investment in > the database. I'm having trouble coming up with a scenario in which copying > even the entire thing would impair the investment unless they are going to > assert that the structure of the names somehow gave away secrets about their > business plans. The detriment was scammers sending fake domain renewal notices. Also, this was 15 or so years ago now… Ray
