[arin-discuss] ARIN billing practice

[Jeremy Anthony Kinsey]

On Sep 21, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Sean Cheesman wrote:

> Maybe I'm just simplifying this too much, but why doesn't ARIN just  
> do everything possible (Articles of Incorporation, verification of  
> identity, etc) so that when spammers do misuse these blocks the  
> authorities actually have good contact information for those  
> responsible?  As it was said, ARIN is not a policing body, but that  
> doesn't mean that they can't enact policies that will help those  
> that can police.


While I can appreciate your intentions and frustration, last I checked  
spam was not a crime.  Annoying, yes, illegal?  No.

Besides all  this is going to do is entice people to submit more bogus  
info.

-jer