[arin-ppml] ARIN-2025-4: Resource Issuance to Natural Persons -- Request for Feedback

[Owen DeLong]

Martin,

You appear to be making the assertion that hobbyists are not legitimate users of internet number resources.

I simply disagree.

Owen


> On Jul 16, 2025, at 06:40, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
>> 
>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM Matthew Cowen <matthew at dgtlfutures.com> wrote:
>>> https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F32886
>> 
>> Hi Matthew,
>> 
>> I'm sorry, I see where that document talks about a dozen different
>> types of French companies that aren't sole proprietorships but not
>> where it talks about sole proprietorships. That whole first section is
>> literally the types of companies you can choose which -aren't- sole
>> proprietorships and the legal ramifications of each. The phrase,
>> "entreprise individuelle," never appears again after the first
>> paragraph. If you want me to consider the information, I need it to be
>> on-point. Not a general description of the types of businesses
>> possible in France.
>> 
>> I note that https://stripe.com/resources/more/how-to-create-a-sole-proprietorship-france#registration-costs
>> says that setting up a "microbusiness" sole proprietorship in France
>> is *FREE* while the prior information I found on Martinique in
>> particular says it costs 22 Euros so if you have more authoritative
>> information than what I found it would be helpful for it to also be
>> Martinique-specific.
>> 
>> 
>>> Martinique *is* France ;)
>> 
>> I get that Martinique's relationship with France is comparable to
>> Puerto Rico's relationship with the United States. Puerto Rico has no
>> shortage of local laws and regulations which differ from mainland
>> practices. A commerce.gov web page would not serve to clarify sole
>> proprietorships in Puerto Rico.
>> 
> 
> 
> This seems like a distraction. Feel free to come to Boston and visit
> the City Clerk's office to register your DBA and watch what happens.
> There's a good chance if there's anything at all questionable the
> Clerk themself will come out from the cave and discuss it. This
> doesn't appear any materially different than anywhere else and it's
> different (and easier) when you are local. My point is are we talking
> about corner cases or is there a problem representing a high
> percentage of applicants that ARIN is failing -and- does the community
> want to do something about it?
> 
> - How many applicants have completely failed to obtain resources as a
> percentage of those who have succeeded?
> - How many are engaged in commercial activities vs. hobbyists?
> - What is the non-sunk cost of obligations ARIN would need to fulfill
> to allow non government vetted entities to obtain resources?
> - What is the public safety risk or registry improvement, if any, of
> ARIN vetting vs. government vetting?
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> -M<
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