[arin-ppml] Alternative to arbitrary transfers

[Owen DeLong]

>
>> If there were to be an IP market then ARIN should be the  
>> monopolistic broker.  Of course that is not possible while  
>> maintaining not-for-profit status.
>>
>
> A registry (like your county clerk for deed recordings) is not a  
> "monopolistic broker".  Please leave the legal claims and  
> interpretations to ARIN's counsel, who is paid to handle such issues  
> for us and quite competent at it.

It could be argued that the term registry here is being confused/ 
loaded as well.

The county clerk for deed recordings is strictly a registry (recorder)  
and not
a steward of property rights.

ARIN, while it is often called a registry, has a broader role which  
includes
stewardship over the address space in addition to recording delegations
of that address space.

The strict recorder interpretation proposed by Geoff Huston and often
brought up in pro-market arguments tends to ignore this distinction and
disregard the stewardship role. IMHO, that is a mistake.

Owen