Hello:
My thanks to those who responded. Since there was interest, I am
posting the two responses I received to the list:
"I have run into the same problem myself and been frustrated. One
possible workaround is to check the historic URL registry database on
DIALOG. If the company recently went to Moniker, the URL info might be
in there."
"One suggestion is to use a service that provides the history of all
past owners of a domain. If the owner's name was at one time not
private you could get their info. This method won't work if the current
owner has always used a privacy service. I'm sure there are other
investigative methods."
Jennifer S. Murray, Librarian
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2375 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
MurrayJ@gtlaw.com <mailto:MurrayJ@gtlaw.com>
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Fax: 602-445-8728
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From: Murray, Jennifer S. (Lib-NAT-Rsch)
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:59 AM
To: 'law-lib@ucdavis.edu'
Subject: Any Way to Bypass Moniker Privacy Services to Locate Domain
Name Ownership?
Hello:
I'm really flummoxed by a recent discovery and wondered if anyone else
has found a way to bypass it. I was trying to research some
cybersquatters, but their data was hidden by a new service called
Moniker Privacy Services:
http://www.moniker.com/domains/domain-privacy.jsp
This means that whois.net and other domain name owner look-up sites
don't provide the names of the company that registered a domain name if
they are using this service. Is there a way to still locate the domain
name if someone is using this service that I've missed?
I just keep thinking that this can't be right, and I must be making a
mistake. Thanks.
Jennifer S. Murray, Librarian
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
2375 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 700
Phoenix, AZ 85016
MurrayJ@gtlaw.com <mailto:MurrayJ@gtlaw.com>
Tel: 602-445-8155
Fax: 602-445-8728
Albany | Amsterdam | Atlanta | Boca Raton | Boston | Brussels* | Chicago
| Dallas | Denver | Fort Lauderdale | Houston | Las Vegas | London*| Los
Angeles | Miami | Milan* | New Jersey | New York | Orange County |
Orlando | Philadelphia | Phoenix | Rome* | Silicon Valley | Tallahassee
| Tokyo* | Tysons Corner | Washington D.C. | West Palm Beach |
Wilmington | Zurich (*strategic alliance relationships)
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