[147090] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP addresses are now assets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Graydon)
Fri Dec 2 00:57:25 2011
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:55:56 -1000
From: Paul Graydon <paul@paulgraydon.co.uk>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <B4A0C113-1601-4AB7-97A0-607DFA26B861@arin.net>
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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 ;)
Paul
