[ppml] Policy Proposal 2008-2: IPv4 Transfer Policy Proposal

[Owen DeLong]

On Feb 29, 2008, at 7:27 AM, Cliff Bedore wrote:

> Leo and Owen
>
> One of my concerns is that ARIN not get caught by unintended  
> consequences of
> this change.  I know what you intend and it may be the lesser of  
> many evils
> but I also know that as things become scarcer, people beccome more  
> "creative"
> about what they are willing to do to get their share and a little  
> more.  ARIN
> is a group that relies on the goodness of people/organizations to  
> function.  I
> admire that and respect it but I think ARIN needs to recognize that  
> there are
> vultures out there who will try almost anything to get something  
> they think
> they deserve.  I worry that like companies who don't protect their  
> trademarks
> aggresively enough and lose them, ARIN by adopting this policy might  
> lose the
> battle about numbers being property in spite of what they say.   
> Companies lose
> sexual harassment cases all the time because even though their  
> policies say
> one thing, their actions (or inactions) say another.
>
> I think we need to make sure the ARIN attorneys look at this from the
> standpoint of "How can I beat the system".  I expect they are  
> honorable and
> above board and that's probably a disadvantage when trying to ensure  
> all the
> i's are dotted and the t's are crossed and the vultures are kept at  
> bay.
>
I have a high degree of confidence that the ARIN attorneys have done  
just that
in this context and in a number of other contexts.

I also agree that in spite of this, the issue remains a concern and a  
serious
detractor to the implementation of the policy.

Owen