Seems poor that we have to rely on DomainTools whois History to defend our domains

Well, maybe not all of them. But if you have a domain that has historical whois records that you need to defend your case, then you seem to be pretty much reliant on DomainTools whois History as a source of evidence.

That maybe wouldn't be so bad if DomainTools wasn't charging $99 a month for access.

Credit to DomainTools, they seem to have cornered a market there, and can almost charge what they like, but it amazes me that ICANN have never been required to maintain a database of whois…

Seems poor that we have to rely on DomainTools whois History to defend our domains