[arin-ppml] Transactional transparency

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> writes:

> This kind of information is known to facilitate, not disrupt or
> prevent, market transactions. Its availability makes the market more
> efficient and serves consumer protection purposes as well. Why not a
> Zillow for IP addresses? http://www.zillow.com/
>
> This ought to be a topic on which all factions can easily
> agree. It's just common sense.

Zillow is probably the wrong analogy.  Why not the equivalent of a
NASDAQ Level 2 quote feed?  "Market maker" is how I described my
vision of the role for the parties that ultimately became known as
STLS Facilitators when we were discussing how one might implement paid
transfers.

-r