[arin-ppml] Deceased Companies?

[William Herrin]

On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 12:03 PM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:
> > On 25 Jul 2022, at 2:48 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2022 at 11:35 AM John Curran <jcurran at arin.net> wrote:
> >>> On 25 Jul 2022, at 2:09 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> >>> John can correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I know, ARIN has NEVER
> >>> reclaimed legacy resources which were neither voluntarily returned nor
> >>> then operating under a specific registrant contract with ARIN (such as
> >>> the LRSA).
> >>
> >> You are incorrect.
> >
> > Example please of a reclaimed and reassigned (e.g. to IANA) legacy
> > block which was neither brought under an ARIN contract before
> > abandonment nor released by the registrant of record?
>
> You are describing nearly any legacy address block which was reclaimed and reissued
> by ARIN because it was determined to be abandoned (i.e. registered to an legal entity
> which no longer exists.)  We don’t do this very often because of precisely the possibility
> discussed earlier on this list about parties attempting to resuscitate dissolved and/or
> bankrupt estates, but it does occur.
>
> I’ll pass on naming specific blocks, particularly as no one who has been issued such
> resources (e.g. via the waitlist) deserves undo attention as a result.

Example or it didn't happen. You know this is among the first things
that would be demanded in legal discovery so you may as well lay it
out for folks.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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