<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Look again...<div><br></div><div>They did not sell the addresses.</div><div><br></div><div>They sold the registration of and the right to use the addresses in a particular manner.</div><div><br></div><div>Owen</div><div><br><div><div>On May 2, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Mike Burns wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="v6ops@globis.net" href="mailto:v6ops@globis.net">Ray Hunter</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="mike@nationwideinc.com" href="mailto:mike@nationwideinc.com">Mike Burns</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="arin-ppml@arin.net" href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net">arin-ppml@arin.net</a></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, May 02, 2011 2:53 PM</div><div style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [arin-ppml] Accusation of fundamental conflict ofinterest/IPaddresspolicy pitched directly to ICANN</div><div><br></div><div>No one owns the addresses today. They're just 32 bit numbers. That's all. Nothing more. Nothing less. No one ever owned the addresses. They have zero intrinsic value.<br><br></div><div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Ray,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">That train has left the station. Nortel sold addresses to Microsoft for $7.5 million.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Addresses which have been allocated very obviously have a value different from a random string of 32 bit numbers.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">You can argue that they shouldn't, you can argue that correct stewardship would be to establish policies to kill IPv4 and thus transition more swiftly.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">But you can't argue that they have zero value.</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Regards,</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial">Mike</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> </div></div></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>PPML<br>You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to<br>the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List (<a href="mailto:ARIN-PPML@arin.net">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>).<br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at:<br><a href="http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml">http://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a><br>Please contact<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@arin.net">info@arin.net</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>if you experience any issues.</div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>