Hi Hans:
Thank you for bringing attention to the fact that members currently lack rights to their registrations—this is precisely the issue I am striving to address. A comprehensive legal review detailing the absence of member rights and related monopolistic practices will be published here shortly. -- Kind regards. Lu On Fri, May 16, 2025 at 10:43 Hans Petter Holen <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Lu, all, > > We would like to respond to the statements you have made, here on the RIPE > mailing list and at our General Meeting which took place on Wednesday. > > You commented that a lawsuit “could potentially cost millions”, and that > we could "get out of this pretty easily" by allowing Internet number > portability. For the record, the lawsuit you have threatened regards our > decision not to accept sponsorship from you for the RIPE 90 Meeting. > > Of course, we disagree with the statements you have made. And we make the > following statement in reply. > > The RIRs play a crucial role in ensuring the uniqueness of Internet number > resources, which is essential for ensuring the operation and stability of > the Internet. This role requires an authoritative source to prevent > conflicts and overlaps in address allocations. In filling this role for our > region as the RIPE NCC we make great efforts to maintain robust corporate > governance with high levels of transparency. > > The RIR system has been developed by the technical community over more > than three decades, through a process of open, transparent and bottom-up > dialogue and policy development. Any significant changes to this system or > the way we operate should be worked out through this well-established > community process. > > We would also like to clarify that IP addresses are not property. This is > reflected in the RIPE NCC Standard Service Agreement: “10.2 The Member > acknowledges and agrees that the registration of Internet Number Resources > does not constitute property and the registration of Internet Number > Resources in the name of the Member or a third party does not confer upon > the Member or the third party any rights of ownership. The Member > acknowledges that any Internet Number Resources deregistered by the RIPE > NCC may be re-registered to another party according to the RIPE Policies.” > > Let us be very clear - we stand behind doing the right thing for our > members and community. A public statement was made that a legal threat > regarding event sponsorship will go away if the RIR system accommodates > someone’s personal interests. We believe that this legal threat is made > without any solid basis and is intended merely to force the hand of the > RIPE NCC in an aggressive manner. We suggest that if you believe the RIRs > should implement number resource portability in a way that is not currently > allowed by the existing policies, then you should follow the existing and > well-established community policy processes that have allowed the RIRs to > operate for many years in service to the wishes of their respective > communities. > > Regards, > Hans Petter Holen > Managing Director, CEO > RIPE NCC > ----- > To unsubscribe from this mailing list or change your subscription options, > please visit: https://mailman.ripe.net/mailman3/lists/ripe-list.ripe.net/ > As we have migrated to Mailman 3, you will need to create an account with > the email matching your subscription before you can change your settings. > More details at: https://www.ripe.net/membership/mail/mailman-3-migration/
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