[arin-ppml] Regarding unauthorized changes (Re: Policy question)

[Jeffrey Lyon]

On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:06 AM, David Farmer <farmer at umn.edu> wrote:
> On 9/20/12 22:33 CDT, Jeffrey Lyon wrote:
>
>> My biggest gripe is that rather than having a process in which ARIN
>> can investigate and media these issues, they insist that I spend 5 to
>> 6 figures dragging the situation through the courts. ARIN should be
>> *serving* its members. Yes, some liability could become involved. This
>> is the nature of business.
>
>
> So you, as one member, are asking all the other members to take on that risk
> of liability and possible expense of the courts, so you don't have to.
>
> What you ask, may still be the most reasonable thing, but please realize
> that you are asking the rest of the ARIN members to share the risk of your
> problem.
>
> Do you want to share in the risk of other members similar problems?
>
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There isn't actually any tangible risk in my specific scenario, i'm
just giving ARIN benefit of the doubt. Generally, there is a bigger
risk of having to name ARIN in a lawsuit just to get them to change a
record, thereby costing members substantially in legal fees. They
money they save by not taking a hard line approach could be used in
part to buy a really awesome liability insurance plan.

Businesses are expected to take certain reasonable, acceptable risks
in order to serve their customers. ARIN shouldn't be any different.

-- 
Jeffrey A. Lyon, CISSP
President, Black Lotus Communications
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