No funciona pero yo he entrado a través de 
www.megaproxy.com 
Por alguna razon parece que los españoles lo tenemos cortado....¿?¿?¿? 
El caso es que en el whois he puesto 
www.elpais.es y elpais.es y me sale: 
% This is the RIPE Whois server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See 
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-serv...copyright.html 
%ERROR:101: no entries found
%
% No entries found in the selected source(s).  
Pero si lo que hago es el ping a su direccion ip me sale la ip:
195.53.49.8. Esa ip la pongo en el whois y me sale: 
% This is the RIPE Whois server.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% Rights restricted by copyright.
% See 
http://www.ripe.net/ripencc/pub-serv...copyright.html 
inetnum:      195.53.49.0 - 195.53.49.127
netname:      AKAMAI
descr:        Internet Public Adresses
country:      ES
admin-c:      JNS123-RIPE
tech-c:       IM2505-RIPE
rev-srv:      ns1.telefonica-data.com
rev-srv:      ns2.telefonica-data.com
status:       ASSIGNED PA
mnt-by:       MAINT-AS3352
changed:      
[email protected] 20010621
source:       RIPE 
route:        195.53.49.0/25
descr:        TIC Madrid
origin:       AS6813
mnt-by:       MAINT-AS3352
mnt-routes:   MAINT-AS3352
mnt-lower:    MAINT-AS3352
changed:      
[email protected] 20020628
source:       RIPE 
role:         IPNET MANAGEMENT
address:      Telefonica Data Espan~a
address:      C/ Beatriz de Bobadilla 18
address:      28040 Madrid
address:      Spain
phone:        +34 902 230 210
fax-no:       +34 91 4567825
e-mail:       
[email protected]
trouble:      For security related problems contact:
trouble:      -    
[email protected]
trouble:      For problems relating electronic mail abuse contact:
trouble:      -    
[email protected]
trouble:      For problems relating dns servers  contact:
trouble:      -    
[email protected]
trouble:      - Port scanning related problems:
trouble:      -    
[email protected]
admin-c:      DON4-RIPE
tech-c:       DON4-RIPE
nic-hdl:      IM2505-RIPE
remarks:      Information 
http://www.telefonica-data.com
notify:       
[email protected]
mnt-by:       MAINT-AS3352
changed:      
[email protected] 20000303
changed:      
[email protected] 20000802
changed:      
[email protected] 20000919
changed:      
[email protected] 20020822
source:       RIPE 
person:       Jean Noel Saunier
address:      AKAMAI
address:      Beatriz de Bobadilla 18
address:      Madrid 28040
address:      SPAIN
phone:        +34 91 456 76 00
fax-no:       +34 91 456 78 26
e-mail:       
[email protected]
nic-hdl:      JNS123-RIPE
mnt-by:       MAINT-AS3352
changed:      
[email protected] 20010621
source:       RIPE  
Es decir no parece que valga para dominios .es (como por otra parte decia yo que uso este whois bastante a menudo para ver ips). 
Pero voy mas alla y veo que no tengo toda la razón: 
Si pongo google.de o google.fr si me salen resultados, lo que me demuestra mi afirmación que el whois de nic-es es una _______ (pongan aqui su descalificativo favorito) 
Por si sirve de algo. De ripe.net: 
"No, the RIPE NCC does not register domain names. Currently, the RIPE Database contains non-authoritative information about some domains, but this information will be moved to the databases of the national country-code domain registries. " 
Vamos que no se dedican a esto primordialmente y que sus datos no tienen porque ser los mejores en lo que a dominios se refiere. 
Un lio.