[138997] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benson Schliesser)
Thu Mar 24 21:13:59 2011
From: Benson Schliesser <bensons@queuefull.net>
In-Reply-To: <3E39A39D-BAC4-40ED-9D49-0583EE6899AA@arin.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:13:46 -0500
To: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Hi, John.
On Mar 24, 2011, at 10:35 AM, John Curran wrote:
>> =
http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2011/3/23/4778509.html
>=20
> Read the comment at the end (attached here for reference).
>> Did you have an opportunity to review the actual docket materials, or =
is your "coverage" based just on your review of the referenced article?=20=
>>=20
>> The parties have requested approval of a sale order from the =
Bankruptcy judge. There is a timeline for making filings and a hearing =
date. There is not an approved sale order at this time, contrary to your =
blog entry title.=20
>>=20
>> ARIN has a responsibility to make clear the community-developed =
policies by which we maintain the ARIN Whois database, and any actual =
transfer of number resources in compliance with such policies will be =
reflected in the database.=20
At your suggestion, I went to the IGP blog and read the last comment. I =
see there is a response by Ernie Rubi to your blog comment, which =
captures my question so well that (with apologies to Mr Rubi) I'll quote =
him:
"1) a non-party to a bankruptcy proceeding can intervene in a purported =
asset sale during said proceeding if they have an interest (i.e =
property-type) in the asset. 2) ARIN's position is that there is no =
property interest in IP addresses (LRSA, RSA, etc)."
I would add that ARIN, as a non-profit business league, has no statutory =
or regulatory authority in this matter.
It's obvious that ARIN, as well as other whois database providers, =
should pay attention to the proceedings. But under what premise might =
ARIN act as a party to this lawsuit?
Cheers,
-Benson
