Well what IS the point of whois? I always thought it was a dumb idea created by someone "just because they could" in the early days of the web, sort of how people used scrolling text and blinking fonts "just because they could"

Oh speaking of Markmonitor I just send their DMCA emails to spam now (they can send me a proper notice via normal DMCA channel as is required if they so care) since every single one is for a dead pages or false notices, hell they even sent one the other day for a domain not in used in 7 years!