[arin-ppml] ARIN-prop-174 Policies Apply to All Resources in the Registry

[William Herrin]

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Chris Grundemann
<cgrundemann at gmail.com> wrote:
> You seem to keep repeating this mantra and while I am not a lawyer, I
> am curious; how does the lack of a contract give one party infinite
> rights and another no rights?

Hi Chris,

There is no contract between myself and the Sleepy Hollow Citizens
Association with respect to the use of my house. They publish my name,
address and phone number in a directory and coordinate worthy
activities like the neighborhood watch. When I remember, I pay the
dues. Yet I have all the rights to my house. They have none. You
follow?

Now, some folks I know bought houses with a homeowner's association.
There's a covenant (i.e. contract) attached to their deed. They signed
a fresh copy when they bought the house as a condition of buying the
house. Even though the house belongs to them, the contract gives the
HOA specific rights with respect to the dues, exterior look of the
house, etc. The HOA can even place a lien on the house and foreclose.
Still following?

The Nortel judge ruled that Nortel had exclusive rights to its legacy
addresses. Subordinate to no one. If true (i.e. if future rulings
follow the Nortel pattern), then ARIN doesn't have rights with respect
to the legacy addresses. It can publish a directory. But it has no
rights.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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