[CQ-Contest] Assisted?

[Jamie Dupree]

A question for all of us, since I have detected some rumblings about
certain people being spotted more than others etc in the last couple
of contests.
 
I was doing my normal S&P during the ARRL DX SSB and was asked
by some European DX stations if I had access to the internet - 
in order to spot them.
 
I said no, since I actually don't have the net hooked up to my 
ham radio computer...
 
But I felt it raised an interesting question - if that station is running
unassisted - is that possibly a rules violation in that category?
I assume I wasn't the first or the last person asked to do that.
 
Jamie NS3T