[arin-ppml] 2008-6: Emergency Transfer Policy for IPv4 Addresses

[Paul Schopis]

I agree with the views expressed by Kevin. I believe there could be  
unforeseen consequences if the policy is adopted. "If ain't broke  
don't fix it."

As to the opinion there is no correlation between the current  
financial mess and the proposal, while I agree it may not impact the  
economy in a major way, we are talking about relative value here, and  
that is precisely what the current mortgage crisis is about,. So I  
guess I get the analogy. We are always promised that it will "take  
care of itself" due to market forces. We were told that by Enron, The  
Savings and Loans, and now investment bankers.

ARIN has done a great job to date. Just my 2 cents worth.....


On Sep 29, 2008, at 12:46 PM, Kevin Kargel wrote:

> Sales of heroin to schoolchildren already happen and there are rules  
> against
> it..  Are you saying that because it happens it should be legalized or
> deregulated?
>
> "They are doing it anyway" is a sad old saw and doesn't justify the  
> end..
> If it did then we should legalize and regulate copyright piracy,
> prostitution, slavery and any number of other things that are  
> prohibited or
> regulated for good reason but still happen.
>
> There are policies and procedures in place to manage the allocation  
> of IP
> addresses.  Abandoning those policies to the end user is foolhardy.
>
> ARIN already does a great job of transferring address space from  
> registrant
> user to another when appropriate, and they work well with the  
> registrant
> users.  Adding a transfer policy will just muck up the works.
>
>> Let's keep in mind that transfers of IP addresses already
>> happen. Are you suggesting that they all be stopped? The only
>> difference of a policy change would be that we now allow
>> money to be a consideration for the addresses directly,
>> rather than for the corporation as a whole.
>>
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