> On Aug 19, 2021, at 8:30 PM, John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > > [some parts read and omitted for brevity] > > ARIN is the successor operator of the registry database for the region, and > we also recognize that some organizations have obtained assignments of > similar bundles of rights via implied contract under which recipients desired > to cooperate in (and gain the benefits of coordination from) the Internet > Number Registry system in the period before ARIN’s administration of the > database. ARIN provides such parties (“legacy resource holders”) and their > legal successors with the opportunity to formalize their rights (if they > wish) via entry into ARIN's registration services agreement. > > We have many cases where the rights to specific blocks have been treated as > “property” of an estate during bankruptcy or probate proceedings, and this > should be no surprise - contractual rights have value and as such can be > considered part of an estate and transferred accordingly. It is worth noting > that ARIN spends a bit of time engaging to make sure that community policy is > followed regarding such transfers and to date we have never had to update > ARIN’s database without adherence to our policies and entry into an RSA by > the recipient. > > If you think that the “IP address blocks” that you were issued are reflected > by the listing of your organization on that entry in the ARIN database, then > all of the description above makes sense. There are some other theories out > there about what constitutes an “IP address block” – I’ve heard all manner > of theories including 'rights to integers’, 'reservations in routing tables’, > and pretty much everything in between. Diversity of views is a wonderful > thing, but I would advise some caution if someone offers to sell such > ephemerally defined “IP address blocks” to you – good luck, but remember that > they don’t involve the ARIN database or its entries and one might find them > somewhat lacking as a result...
John, what an incredibly clear explanation! Thank you for taking the time! Anne -- Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law CEO Institute for Social Internet Public Policy (ISIPP) Author: Section 6 of CAN-SPAM (The Affiliate Spam Section) Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange Chair Emeritus, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop Former Counsel: MAPS Anti-Spam Blacklist
