On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Leigh Porter <leigh.por...@ukbroadband.com> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Curran [mailto:jcur...@arin.net] >> Joly - >> >> Requests are processed according the transfer policies >> <https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#eight>. If a >> request doesn't meet the transfer policy (e.g. the sale >> is not to an actual entity that has an operational need >> for address space or it is more space than needed for the >> next twelve months), then it will be denied. > > > Presumably organisations will check this and fake the appropriate paperwork > and come up with some plausible excuse for requiring the space within the > next 12 months BEFORE they part with their cash. > > It would be most amusing for somebody to buy space, hand over the money and > then have ARIN deny the transfer. > > So I do wonder, how is this policy is being enforced and will ARIN be > investigating this current news item? >
ARIN, on many occasions, has stated that they have no authority over legacy address space. They made this declaration in the Kamens/sex.com case. I haven't heard that anything has changed since then. Nortel/MSN was the first, big, public transaction. There have been others prior to Nortel. There will be more after Borders. Circuit City: http://www.slideshare.net/Streambank/offering-memo-ip-addresses-92111final Best. -M<
