That comes down to the question if they actually bought it.
If not then OSRS whois prohibits them from sending anything.
--- bill@daze.net wrote:
>
> The last time I checked there are some big loop holes that allows
> anyone
> to legally mine WHOIS. ICANN says you can only restrict bulk
> e-mailing to
> WHOIS contacts. Tele-marketing and postal mail *are* actually
> allowed. And, if you don't use automated processes to request the
> WHOIS
> data you are in compliance there as well.
>
> > I guess I have to ask then...do you really think they don't use the
> zone
> > files to mine whois?
>
> > Zone files won't help you with the particulars. You would still
> need to get
> > the whois information. Doing it on your own for commercial purposes
> would be
> > whois mining and could open you up to legal ramifications. Of
> course, IANAL.
>
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