On Dec 2, 2011, at 1:55 AM, Paul Graydon wrote: > On 12/1/2011 7:20 PM, John Curran wrote: >> Wayne - >> >> Your subject line (IP addresses are now assets) could mislead folks, >> so I'd advise waiting to review the actual sale order once approved by >> the court before making summary conclusions. >> >> ARIN holds that IP address space is not property but is managed as a >> public resource. Address holders may have certain rights (such as the >> right to be the registrant of the address block, the right to transfer the >> registration, etc.) but these rights intersect with additional rights to the >> same address blocks which are held by the community (such as the right >> of visibility to the public portion of registrations). The registry policies >> (set by the community via open and transparent processes) govern the >> intersection and application of these rights. >> >> For this reason, ARIN works with parties transferring their rights in IP >> address space to make sure that the documents reflect that sales of >> rights are subject to the transfer policies in the region, including in this >> particular case. A party may transfer their rights to IP addresses, and >> such rights may have value to an estate, but this does not make the >> IP addresses "property" per se. >> >> Thanks! >> /John >> > > Why'd you have to spoil the fun? You're supposed to wait a few days, let the > pointless righteous fury build up and then step in and try to do the > firefighting thing. It's must have been all but a month since the last time > this flared up, it's surely about time it flared up again? Wouldn't want > anyone to miss out on the fun ;)
That's okay... it will happen anyway. ;-) For those who are following this matter, there are some more complete articles now (including pointers to the court documents filed) - <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/05/borders_flogs_ipv4_addys/> <http://domainincite.com/docs/borders-cerner-ipv4.pdf> FYI, /John John Curran President and CEO ARIN
