Multiple people in the thread have put forth the belief that LIRs leasing 
addresses without connectivity would distort pricing in the leasing market and 
in the transfer market.

I have pointed out that LIRs leasing addresses with connectivity generally 
charge more per address per month than those offering addresses without 
connectivity.

I have asked in light of the alleged fears over market distortion, how this is 
a greater good.

So yes, many have been discussing (indirectly and without violating the 
anti-trust laws, actually) the impacts of pricing of related services by ARIN 
participants towards their customers.

There is no confusion from how I put the text of my proposal. It was intended 
exactly as it has been interpreted and exactly to launch the discussion which 
has ensued.

Owen


> On Sep 22, 2021, at 10:55 , Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi John
> 
> I don't think anyone discussing this thread is much concerned about pricing 
> of services between ARIN participants and their customers really. I am 
> personally not. The confusion may have come from the way Owen have put the 
> text of this proposal.
> What we are discussing so far is only about a proposal to have an appropriate 
> language to ban Leasing of IP Addresses by LIRs. 
> 
> Hope this helps to clarify
> 
> Regards
> Fernando
> 
> Em 22/09/2021 14:48, John Curran escreveu:
>> Fernando -
>> 
>> Michael was 100% correct - do not engage in discussions of pricing or other 
>> terms of service between ARIN participants and their customers. Doing so is 
>> prohibited by US antitrust law and ARIN will not be a party to facilitating 
>> such discussions.
>> 
>> Participants who attempt to violate applicable law in this manner will be 
>> expressly removed from ARIN mailing lists in order to protect the remainder 
>> of the community that is able to participate properly.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> /John
>> 
>> John Curran
>> President and CEO
>> American Registry for Internet Numbers
>> 
>>> On Sep 22, 2021, at 12:12 PM, Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I believe maybe Michael didn't understand well the matter fully or got only 
>>> part of it.
>>> Probably what caused more confusion was how Owen put the part "No signatory 
>>> to any ARIN RSA is permitted by policy to engage in a recurring charge for 
>>> addresses or a differentiated service charge based on the number if 
>>> addresses issued to a customer.". That could be dubious in the sense that a 
>>> LIR could not charge administrative fees when they assign addresses to 
>>> their connectivity customers.
>>> 
>>> A simple: "No signatory to any ARIN RSA is permitted by policy to engage 
>>> issuing addresses to non-conectivity customers. Addresses must be provided 
>>> strictly as part of a contract for connectivity services."
>>> 
>>> I think Owen tried to put in a way to strengthen his point of view the LIR 
>>> lease addresses and by that text they would not permitted to do even for 
>>> connectivity customers.Simplifying it would achieve the objective in the 
>>> subject without necessarily change the usual way LIRs allocate addresses to 
>>> their *connectivity customers*.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> Fernando
>>> 
>>> On 22/09/2021 13:00, Isaiah Olson wrote:
>>>> Hi Michael, 
>>>> 
>>>> I appreciate you clarifying this issue. If this policy proposal is 
>>>> considered out of scope, I would ask why Mike's policy proposal to 
>>>> explicitly allow leasing is considered in-scope for this PDP? If it is 
>>>> ARIN's position that it "does not impose any such restrictions on trade or 
>>>> pricing" with regards to pricing structure, why does ARIN differentiate 
>>>> justified need for transfers (trade) based on the absence or presence of 
>>>> connectivity services? 
>>>> 
>>>> I am happy to dispatch with any discussions that are not relevant or 
>>>> allowed, but I think that your post requires additional clarification of 
>>>> what topics are not permissible since many of the issues you have raised 
>>>> as out of scope are germane to other policies under discussion. 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, 
>>>> Isaiah 
>>>> 
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