[Patents] Un négatif de www.freepatents.org

[Olivier Berger olberger@club-internet.fr]

Nicolas MONNET wrote:
> 
> Re: http://www.freepatent.org
> 
> No contact information, no names, no "about us", ... This person must be
> either be scared to death of free software advocates, or has something to
> hide ...
> 
> Whois says:
> 
> Organization:
>    FP
>    1 rue de bellevue
>    montigny, FR 95370
>    FR
> 
>    Registrar..: Register.com (http://www.register.com)
>    Domain Name: FREEPATENT.ORG
>       Created on..............: Wed, Dec 29, 1999
>       Expires on..............: Sat, Dec 29, 2001
>       Record last updated on..: Wed, Feb 09, 2000
> 
>    Administrative Contact:
>       Panserrieu, Frederic f.panserrieu@wanadoo.fr
>       33662800440
>    Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
>       Internic, Registrar internic-free@register.com
>       212-594-9880
> 
>    Domain servers in listed order:
> 
>    NS.AWAY.FR 195.154.160.70
> 
>    NS.ISDNET.NET 194.149.160.1
> 

And... what a surprise :

$ nslookup www.breese.fr                   
Server:  ns1.club-internet.fr
Address:  194.117.200.10

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ns.away.fr
Address:  195.154.160.70
Aliases:  www.breese.fr, www.away.fr

$ nslookup www.freepatent.org
Server:  ns1.club-internet.fr
Address:  194.117.200.10

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    ns.away.fr
Address:  195.154.160.70
Aliases:  www.freepatent.org, www.away.fr


Now, I think things are pretty clear ... just have a look at
http://www.breese.fr/pres/htm/expertuk.htm ;!

I let you think about any way to express your feelings about such a
domain name "theft".

But maybe we should avoid making publicity for these people (as I just
did right now ;). They don't deserve it (even bad publicity ?).

Olivier.
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