I have a dumb question. Does 605 mean addresses are now property? Or only in some regions?
Best, Marty On Wednesday, February 12, 2014, David Conrad <[email protected]> wrote: > John, > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 1:13 PM, John Curran <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > >> "The importance of maintaining accurate records in the ARIN database is > recognized as ARIN's principal task." > > Alas, your very clear formulation won't be very informative, > > since the registry is accurate even after a denied transfer > > You appear to be assuming that if ARIN denies the transfer, the transfer > doesn't occur. > > Do you really believe that? > > > Hence, my suggestion to make such a survey more specific with > > respect to prioritization of needs-based transfers vs operational > > usefulness of registry data. > > > Again, for me, the issue isn't about needs-based transfer per se, it's > more general than that. Needs-based constraints on transfer in the context > of legacy addresses is a post facto imposition of policy on resource > holders who have no contractual obligation to abide by (or even knowledge > of) that policy. Failure to accurately record a transfer between mutually > agreeable parties does not necessarily result in that transfer not taking > place but it does result in the database being degraded if the transfer > does occur. To me, this is a failure in the primary activity of an > Internet registry. If anyone in ARIN community believes that as the IPv4 > free pool is exhausted that ARIN (the organization) will be able to stand > in the way of the organizations most interested in obtaining address space > and the folks that want to sell it to them, you have a different view of > desperation than I do. > > Perhaps the right answer would be if ARIN renames itself to the American > Policy Forum for Internet Numbers and the registry function (which, as I > understand it takes a fraction of ARIN's budget) gets spun off into its own > non-profit (501c(3) instead of c(6)) organization. > > And by the way, continuing to try to associate transfers between mutually > agreeable parties as theft or illegal activity isn't really helping the > conversation. > > Regards, > -drc > >
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