[ARIN-consult] Consultation on ARIN Fees

[William Herrin]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 11:14 PM Owen DeLong via ARIN-consult
<arin-consult at arin.net> wrote:
> - They wanted to do the right thing in a time when it was fee per ORG for end users and a single ORG could have
> both RSA and LRSA resources such that there was no additional cost to having both, so why not.
>
> Unfortunately, the board actively worked to alter this circumstance and continues to make the situation worse
> and worse for organizations who signed on this basis.

Hi Owen,

You tricked yourself. A legal contract means exactly what it says.
Only a fool relies on the good will of the opposing party to make it
mean something more.

Like the RSA, the LRSA demands the registrant cede virtually all of
the power in the registrant relationship to ARIN. You can't even claim
contract of adhesion because unlike normal registrants you faced no
compulsion to sign.

An uncontracted legacy registrant has certain rights at common law.
It's not perfectly clear what those rights are but it is perfectly
clear what your rights are if you sign the LRSA: none to speak of.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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William Herrin
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