Domaintools

[Jammasta]

I've done a lot of reading on this site the past few weeks.  As Matthew and Oscar suggested, I should get all images removed from Archives.org (waybackmachine.com)...  which i did.  But apparently, during my constant back and forth arguments with getty, they were able to pull up a image of my website from Domaintools.com.  From what I read from other sites, you cant get Domaintools.com to remove the image without a reason from a lawyer?    So looks like the people from getty images are getting smarter?  

By the way Oscar, I received your response, I will be in contact with you soon.  Thanks!

[Matthew Chan]

Unlike the Internet Archive, DomainTools appears to be a private, for-profit company. The mission of the two companies are very different. Internet Archive appears to be non-profit and benevolent, hence they are more respectful of website owner requests. DomainTools is in the information business and as long as they are not violating any copyrights, they are able to assemble information on websites, past and present. Deleting info goes against their grain, so you have to "compel" them.

To be fair, I really don't have an axe to grind with DomainTools. From what I know, they seem to operate legitimately and openly. And the information they sell is a valuable service that anyone can buy.  That means Getty Images has to spend money for DomainTools info whereas it was free from Internet Archive.

Yes, it is a big chess game and the more information the community has, the better prepared everyone can be. I recently learned about DomainTools but did not know the extent of the services they provided.

However, I do want to thank you for contributing and important piece of information that DomainTools is now in play. Oscar and I will be talking later today anyhow and it will be one more thing to add to the list.

Matthew