Re: Kremen VS Arin Antitrust Lawsuit - Anyone have feedback?

[joe mcguckin]

Mark, A more 'correct' analogy would be as follows:     Let's say you win a judgement against another party where the court essentially awards you all the assets of the      defendant. One of the assets is a paging company. So,  you hike down to the FCC and want the radio licenses for the business     re-registered in your name, you present a valid court order to show that the court has awarded you title to the assets. In fact,     you present a court order specifically ordering the FCC to re-register the licensed spectrum to you. How can the FCC refuse? Any court with proper jurisdiction certainly has the ability to assess damages and specify remedies for those damages. A station license or spectrum - even though is not actual ownership, but a lease or license - is an asset and routinely are sold for millions, even billions of dollars. More to the point, how can ARIN refuse such an order? Joe McGuckin ViaNet Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] 650-207-0372 cell 650-213-1302 office 650-969-2124 fax On Sep 8, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Mark Kent wrote: Joe McGuckin typed: 2) Why does ARIN believe that it can ignore a court order? Maybe because ARIN wasn't a party to the original proceedings that generated that order? Let's say you're eating lunch one day, minding your own business, and a sheriff comes up with an official looking document and says "You need to hand your car over to Fred..." because, unknown to you, Fred and Barney just finished court proceedings where the judge ruled that Barney had to give Fred "his" car, even though that car was owned by you and just loaned to Barney. Not a great analogy, because of the whole pink slip thing, but you get the point. -mark