$SEARCH_ENGINE has to go through the same policy hurdles as Dave’s Tire Shop if $SEARCH_ENGINE is complying with policy.
Eliminating all policy hurdles from everyone is _NOT_ a solution to the fact that some organizations choose to eschew policy and thus community interest in favor of self-interest. Owen On Sep 22, 2014, at 7:01 PM, David Huberman <[email protected]> wrote: > Hiya Matthew, > > Thanks for the reply. I want to respond to one item in your post: > > > I suspect the challenge here is that not everyone > > is in agreement about what constitutes a > > "bona fide" transfer, as opposed to a land > > grab. If we look at land allocations in california > > as any indication, humans will warp and twist > > any well-intentioned plan for their own greed > > and profits. > > If you talk to brokers and look at publicly-available > data, it shows that the telcos and cablecos and large > content providers have already scooped up (or are > in the process of scooping up) the space they need > for the forseeable future (presumably enough to > tie them over until dual-stacking is sufficient). > > Amazon has been transferring blocks of a million > IPs into their name from Merck for a few years now, > according to transfer stats and Whois. > > Google has secured an exclusive option for more than > a /8 worth of space already. > > Large blocks have disappeared off the market in China > faster than you can lookup the Chinese welcoming phrase > for "Hi". [If anyone has an in on non-fraudulent space in > China for sale, please hit me up!] > > From my point of view - and the point of view of my > executives - this isn't a land grab. It's for-profit > corporations doing what's necessary to survive the > current landscape while, as one PPML poster eloquently > put it, fulfilling their fiduciary duty to their shareholders > to ensure continuity of operations. It makes business sense > to these companies to buy or tie-up this space. > > And my point is not so much to argue about whether these > are morally right or not, but to say that the big guys are already > engaged in the market fully. ARIN policy needs, in my opinion, > to look out for everyone else to ensure equitability. It isn't fair, > in my world view, if Google can buy space willy-nilly without > consequence, but Matthew and Dave's Tire Shop can't buy a > /22 for their 1,000 devices which need front-end space without > going through multiple rounds of transfers and purchases and > what-have-you under ARIN policy. > > Just my opinion, > David > _______________________________________________ > 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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