In message <[email protected]>, Fernando Frediani <[email protected]> wrote:
>I am glad that more most people seem to reject the idea that IP leasing >may be a good or even justified thing, including for those who end up >paying for it. Speaking only for myself, I am not opposed to leasing, in principal, however... I hate to use cryptocurrencies either as an example, or for any other purpose for that matter, but that won't prevent me from using an analogy based on that particular category of fungible commodity on this occasion. Cryptocurrencies, as I'm sure you all know, are either bought from someone who already owns some such, or else pieces of this commodity are manufactured anew by someone. This latter route to acquisition is generally understood to involve the investment of some quantity of "work", which itself usually entails both the acqusition and application of some amount of expertise, together with some amount of $$$s spent on mining equipment and electricity. In general, the payoff for such investments is typically some function of the size of the investment(s). As elsewhere in the global economy, in the case of cryptocurrencies there is no such thing as a free lunch. I suspect that I am not alone in feeling that leasing is not, in and of itself, evil. What -does- chap my hide, and that of many others also I think, is the sight of some parties involved in the leasing business that have minimized their costs/investments while maximizing their ROI, and who have done so based on the relatively minor cost & effort needed to acquire IPv4 addresses directly from the RIR free pools, past or present. Call it envy if you like. It doesn't matter. Nobody likes to see the system gamed except for the people who gamed it. And most of us have to actually work for a living. Regards, rfg _______________________________________________ ARIN-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: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
