[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-172 Additional definition for NRPM Section 2 - Legacy Resources

[Milton L Mueller]

So here's the game of chicken I was warning you about. 

John, you are making the startling claim that ARIN (let's not hide behind fancy terms like "community of global service providers") will de-register and reassign legacy address blocks if a legacy holder doesn't play ball with it. But you have no contractual authority over those resources, a fact which exposes your organization to lawsuits if it acts in such a manner. 

Worse, the REAL community of service providers may or may not go along with your attempt to unilaterally and extralegally assert authority over the resources; some of them might be quite happy to continue routing to Avri's blocks, or to whoever Avri assigns them to. I don't care what kind of piffle you put forward in the next messages, the simple fact is that ARIN does not and cannot speak for all the world's service providers and thus cannot guarantee that this does not happen.

So, your assertions create 
a) a serious risk of litigation
b) a serious risk of resource conflicts developing on the Internet
c) strengthen demand for development of an alternative registry

and for what?? 

What important value is achieved through this precipitous stance that could not be more easily achieved simply by recognizing legacy holders' grandfathered rights and dealing with that exceptional status for the transition period in the migration to v6?

I suggest you step back from this precipice, take a deep breath, reclaim your wits, and think about how to handle this problem again. It is not really that difficult a problem if you don't turn it into a pointless power struggle.

--MM

>  Your resources are unique with respect to others only  because they are
> assigned to you within the Internet  Registry System. You gain the
> benefit of this unique  registration, but it comes with obligations as
> well.
> 
>  ARIN doesn't seek to "force you to sign an agreement"
>  but does require you to comply with whatever policies  the community
> develops regarding the registry.  This  means that if, for example, new
> policies require that  you have an abuse contact in your registration,
> then  that becomes required for participation in the registry.
> 
>  Your resources were assigned to you as part of a system,  and it's up
> to your if you wish to continue to be part  of that system and its
> policies.  If you choose not to  participate, then just realize that the
> community of  global service providers who do participate will expect
> that the  number resources in the registry will be  reissued to another
> party, and have set policies for  running the registry to that effect.
> 
> FYI,
> /John
> 
> John Curran
> President and CEO
> ARIN
> 
> 
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