[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-171 Section 8.4 Modifications:ASNandlegacy resources

[Mike Burns]

Thanks and regards,
Mike


-----Original Message----- 
From: John Curran
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 4:05 PM
To: Mike Burns
Cc: arin-ppml at arin.net
Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-171 Section 8.4 
Modifications:ASNandlegacy resources

On Jun 11, 2012, at 1:47 PM, Mike Burns wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> Sorry for the delay in responding. I am not a lawyer, and would appreciate 
> some help from ARIN's counsel on some elements of the law which escape me.
>
> Let’s take this hypothetical:

Mike -

We don't engage our counsel in hypothetical situations or generating
advisory opinions as they are seldom representative of the real world
and can easily lead to being misconstrued.  In addition, there is very
real cost management aspect to be considered.

If you wish to propose a policy, a review of ARIN's legal situation
that will result from adoption will occur during the staff and legal
review process.

You might also want to review this article written by Steve Ryan,
ARIN's counsel, as it addresses some of the questions regarding
how ARIN views address holders rights to number resources -

  http://www.mwe.com/info/pubs/internetprotocolnumbers0212.pdf

Several of your questions are predicated on contrary views and it
is not ARIN's role to postulate on their merits (or lack thereof.)

Thanks!
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN