US CODE: Title 15, Chapter 1, Section 2.

At 6:04 PM +0100 1/31/97, John LeRoy Crain wrote:
> Karl Auerbach <karl at CAVEBEAR.COM> writes:
> *
> * >         > An address registered with any other registry is a worthless
> * >         > address.  Yes, others can establish address registries.
>However
> * >         > ARIN is the exclusive source for addresses within the only
> * >         > address space that is recognized by the routing of the
>internet.
> * >
> * >     Is that so?  I think that Messrs. Karrenberg and Conrad might be
> * >     somewhat taken aback to find that all the integers they'd registered
> * >     had been of no use to the registrants.
> *
> * OK, I hereby assign you the address 1.2.3.4.  Good luck getting someone to
> * give you routing.
>
>He was talking about RIPE NCC and APNIC. The fact is that ARIN is
>not the only Regional Internet Registry. If RIPE NCC issues
>195.x.x.x than it should be routable.

NONE of the registries have any power to make prefixes globally routable.
RIPE, APNIC, and <whatever> don't configure anyone's BGP advertisements.