[arin-ppml] LRSA requirement for resources being transferred (Was: ARIN-prop-136 Services Opt-out Allowed for Unaffiliated Address Blocks

[Benson Schliesser]

On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Owen DeLong wrote:

>> 
>> And how would you go about enforcing that in the case where, because of ARIN policy, neither party bothers to notify ARIN?
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> Once ARIN becomes aware that the resources are no longer being utilized by the
> resource holder of record, they can be considered abandoned and made available
> for registration to an RSA-contracted recipient. Beyond that, there is no real need
> for enforcement, per se.

And that *is* enforcement of ARIN policy.  In the example, number resources are being used in a manner agreed upon by both the original resource holder and the new resource holder.  What you propose is to override their choice with ARIN's policy.  This action would possibly incite users of ARIN's database to collude against a competitor.  Good luck defending that behavior in a court of law.

Cheers,
-Benson