Appears to be true:

    [ryantanner@Hawkeye ~] $ whois lemonde.fr
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    %% See http://www.afnic.fr/afnic/web/mentions-legales-whois_en
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    %% Use '-h' option to obtain more information about this service.
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    %% [73.181.102.218 REQUEST] >> lemonde.fr
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    %% RL Net [##########] - RL IP [#########.]
    %%