[92260] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Fwd: Kremen VS Arin Antitrust Lawsuit - Anyone have feedback?]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fred Baker)
Tue Sep 12 19:23:00 2006
In-Reply-To: <009801c6d5d2$85d84730$6501a8c0@PC145102827523>
Cc: "'joe mcguckin'" <joe@via.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
From: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 07:22:04 +0800
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@tier1research.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sep 12, 2006, at 2:45 AM, Daniel Golding wrote:
> What would establish IP addresses as some sort of ARIN-owned and
> licensed community property? Well, winning a court case like this,
> or congress passing a law.
Korea also has passed a law that any addresses assign to KRNIC become
the property of KRNIC. But even passing a law doesn't make it so.
IP Addresses have always been treated as a resource of the network
since its inception. The fact that lawmakers don't understand or care
to understand doesn't change the facts of the case.
