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What is a Whois domain lookup? What does the Whois domain database contain? What is a Whois IP lookup? Domain names and IP numbers are the framework upon which the entire world wide web is built.

How do I conduct a Whois search? How do I keep my Whois information updated? What steps can I take to ensure my domain privacy is protected? Why are some entries hidden in my Whois Domain lookup? My information doesn't match the Whois results, how do I change my whois information? It vehemently rejects the description of its agreement with the government as a contract that somehow makes the Whois database government property. Cooperative agreements make the database the property of the "awardee" of the cooperative agreement, he said.

Still, as Network Solutions acknowledged in recent SEC filings, the Department of Commerce, which oversees the agreement between NSI and the government, has expressed concern about the company's consolidation of the once separate Whois database into its own commercial site.

Phillips said NSI has a legitimate interest in maintaining the propriety of its database, "particularly [since] they have spent a tremendous amount of time and resources creating it and protecting it. If the Justice Department files suit, Hauberg said the ongoing Microsoft antitrust case points to the possible outcome.

One possibility is a compulsory licensing process imposed on Network Solutions. The registration process is not complete until the domain name requested by you has been registered in your name with the appropriate registry. Because there are delays in the actual registration of a domain name with the appropriate registry, NTT America is not responsible if domain names requested by you are actually registered to third parties.

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