ARIN /8s ?

Karl,

>If one has something which has a market value, and IP address allocations
>are certainly among those, 

Can you point me to the market in which IP addresses are bought and
sold?  I seem to have missed the URL.

>The right to use an IP address is certainly a property right no matter
>what one thinks of the underlying 32 bits.

Could you point me to the ruling which made the association of IP
addresses and property rights?  This is the first I've heard of it.

Thanks,
-drc