You started by indicating that this was an issue with registry accuracy, but
the fact is that
when the purported sale is contrary to the policy, the registry still
accurately reflects the
actual party with the rights to the unique registry entry, since the rights
only change when
done in accordance with policy set by the community. Whether something is
being routed
on the Internet or not is an entirely different matter, as shown
operationally from time to time
by the various route leaks that occur.
The registry is accurate as long as it follows the community-developed
policy; if you don't
like the policy, then work to change it. Regardless, the registry
accurately reflects what
the community indicates it should under the circumstances.
Thanks,
/John
Hi John,
The community has loudly and recently spoken about which goal of RFC-2050 is
universally accepted.
That goal is registration. If you want to continue to maintain the fallacy that
the entities which are actually routing and using the addresses as their own,
after legally purchasing those rights, are not the ones who should be listed in
the Whois registry, then you are standing the goal of registration on its head
by simply defining all the entries as accurate, in the same way the authorities
responded to Galileo (“and yet it moves”), by asserting the primacy of words
over reality.
Nevermind the propriety of maintaining deliberately false abuse contact
information for purposes of maintaining a goal of conservation which was
designed in the Free Pool Era and which is not appropriate in a world with a
transfer market.
If the needs requirement is driving transactions underground, we are asked here
to prioritize goals. I argue that the goal of conservation is lower than the
goal of registration, has always been so, and with the advent of a pricing
paradigm which naturally supports conservation, it is foolish of stewards to
maintain one practice in support of a lesser goal in the face of a negative
impact on the primary goal.
Regards,
MIke
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