[ppml] Counsel statement on Legacy assignments?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ppml-bounces at arin.net [mailto:ppml-bounces at arin.net]On Behalf Of
>Jeremy H. Griffith
>Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:46 PM
>To: ppml at arin.net
>Subject: Re: [ppml] Counsel statement on Legacy assignments?
>
>
>On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 15:25:09 -0500, "Stephen Sprunk" 
><stephen at sprunk.org> wrote:
>
>>> Where is this counsel statement?
>>
>>http://www.arin.net/meetings/minutes/ARIN_XIX/ppm1_transcript.html
>#anchor_13
>>
>>"MR. RYAN: I've thought a little bit about what a stick might look like 
>>here. So for example, it's very clear to me that denial of 
>service by ARIN 
>>is legally permitted. In other words, I don't believe we, as the 
>non-profit 
>>trying to carry out the community's wishes, have a duty to provide free 
>>services for legacy address holders. And the denial of those free 
>services 
>>to legacy address holders pursuant to their lack of agreement is 
>perfectly 
>>permitted, in my judgment, as a matter of law."
>
>Perhaps not, but it would put ARIN right in the middle of
>this ICANN issue:
>  
>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleB
>asic&articleId=302552
>

What issue?  The controversy here concerns whois on domain names, not
whois records on IP address block assignments.

Ted