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