The obvious change RIRs could make would be to make sure the contracts they allocate resources under give them the latitude to cancel those contracts if certain boundaries of behavior are breached. YES I REALIZE EASIER SAID THAN DONE. But just as allocation of resources is not a transfer of ownership to the allocatee by the same reasoning cancellation of that allocation for breach of contract is just a withdrawal of said license, not a "taking". What's difficult is establishing a system of reasonable due process within which to assert breaches, particularly given the many jurisdictions involved. ICANN is certainly building a model just like this with the UDRP etc. so perhaps that's something to follow. -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*