All these arguments are most interesting, but of course nothing is certain until the LAST judge says so...I for one would be/have been anxious to see these principles tried in court. If I were a betting man, I would believe that whatever argument seemed to establish the greatest order and stability for the Internet as a whole would win out...in the end. But then again, almost everyone has more legal perspective and experience than I do.....
bd On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 10:31 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 6:33 AM, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 8, 2014, at 6:21 AM, William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> .... or, at the absolute most, a reading of RFC 2050 with all ambiguity > construed in the registrants' most favorable light. > > > > Accepting the point above for sake of argument, here's the relevant > > section of RFC 2050 - > > > > " 7. The transfer of IP addresses from one party to another must be > > approved by the regional registries. The party trying to obtain > > the IP address must meet the same criteria as if they were > > requesting an IP address directly from the IR." > > > > I do not see a lot of ambiguity here with respect to requiring those > > receiving addresses to meet the same criteria as those being issued > > address space, nor with respect to the requirement that the RIRs must > > approve the transfer. Please elucidate and construe is you see fit. > > > Hi John, > > Plenty of ambiguity. Which criteria must be met for the legacy > registration? The current RIR criteria? The criteria as practiced by > InterNIC when ARIN made its promise? The criteria as practiced by > InterNIC when the legacy registration was made? Some criteria laid out > directly in RFC2050? If you accept RFC 2050 as controlling, one of the > RIRs must approve the transfer. Not necessarily ARIN. But in the > context of ARIN's promise regarding legacy registrations, it's not > obvious which criteria ARIN is expected to apply when evaluating the > request. And at least some of the candidates boil down to: are you > really you? Ok. Transfer approved. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > William D. Herrin ................ [email protected] [email protected] > 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> > Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 > _______________________________________________ > PPML > You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to > the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). > Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: > http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml > Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues. >
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