Yes and no. If hobbiests are valid recipients (and I would argue they are), then they shouldn’t be forced to create business entities in order to obtain resources.
Owen
Martin,
You appear to be making the assertion that hobbyists are not legitimate users of internet number resources.
I simply disagree.
Owen
Not entirely deliberately. Thats more complex and out of scope for this proposal.
> On Jul 16, 2025, at 06:40, Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM William Herrin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM Matthew Cowen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F32886
>>
>> Hi Matthew,
>>
>> I'm sorry, I see where that document talks about a dozen different
>> types of French companies that aren't sole proprietorships but not
>> where it talks about sole proprietorships. That whole first section is
>> literally the types of companies you can choose which -aren't- sole
>> proprietorships and the legal ramifications of each. The phrase,
>> "entreprise individuelle," never appears again after the first
>> paragraph. If you want me to consider the information, I need it to be
>> on-point. Not a general description of the types of businesses
>> possible in France.
>>
>> I note that https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-create-a-sole-proprietorship-france#registration-costs
>> says that setting up a "microbusiness" sole proprietorship in France
>> is *FREE* while the prior information I found on Martinique in
>> particular says it costs 22 Euros so if you have more authoritative
>> information than what I found it would be helpful for it to also be
>> Martinique-specific.
>>
>>
>>> Martinique *is* France ;)
>>
>> I get that Martinique's relationship with France is comparable to
>> Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States. Puerto Rico has no
>> shortage of local laws and regulations which differ from mainland
>> practices. A commerce.gov web page would not serve to clarify sole
>> proprietorships in Puerto Rico.
>>
>
>
> This seems like a distraction. Feel free to come to Boston and visit
> the City Clerk's office to register your DBA and watch what happens.
> There's a good chance if there's anything at all questionable the
> Clerk themself will come out from the cave and discuss it. This
> doesn't appear any materially different than anywhere else and it's
> different (and easier) when you are local. My point is are we talking
> about corner cases or is there a problem representing a high
> percentage of applicants that ARIN is failing -and- does the community
> want to do something about it?
>
> - How many applicants have completely failed to obtain resources as a
> percentage of those who have succeeded?
> - How many are engaged in commercial activities vs. hobbyists?
> - What is the non-sunk cost of obligations ARIN would need to fulfill
> to allow non government vetted entities to obtain resources?
> - What is the public safety risk or registry improvement, if any, of
> ARIN vetting vs. government vetting?
>
> Warm regards,
>
> -M<
> _______________________________________________
> 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.
|
_______________________________________________
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.
