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<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>Correct me if I am wrong, but what legal leg does any ip space holder
have to stand on?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>Sure anybody can sue anybody for any reason.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>IP addresses are allocated, not owned. ICANN owns the numbers,
don`t they? ARIN has</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>been granted the rights to allocate/unallocate the space as they see fit
(in the best interest</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=734582720-02102002><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" color=#0000ff
size=2>of the global internet of course). Right?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> John M. Brown
[mailto:john@chagres.net]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 02, 2002 3:06
PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Newton, Justin'; 'Jeff Urmann';
ppml@arin.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [ppml] ARIN Policy Proposal 2002-9
(fwd)<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=027010420-02102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Correct. "Forced Revocation" of pre ARIN space would cause
some interesting </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=027010420-02102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>legal issues, and thus cost ARIN substantial amounts of money in legal
fees.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=027010420-02102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=027010420-02102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
personally would rather see ARIN spending money on things that build,
instead</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=027010420-02102002><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>of
defending or breaking things.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>