There is more than one whois database you can query:
Code:
WHOIS(1) WHOIS(1)
NAME
whois, fwhois - query a whois or nicname database
SYNOPSIS
whois [-v] [-r|-n] [-h server] [-p port] [-t timeout] [--]
query[@server[: port]]
DESCRIPTION
whois formats and sends queries to any RFC954 whois server
and prints the results to standard output.
OPTIONS
-h server
The name of the server to query. If no server is
specified, the environment variables NICNAMESERVER
and WHOISSERVER are checked for server names, and
if neither is set, whois.crsnic.net is queried.
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