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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> ARIN probably needs to surrender the ability to revoke IP <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> Addresses based on censorship grounds back to the community, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> by putting a clause in the RSA restricting ARIN from revoking <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> resources for that reason, if it even has<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> maintained such an ability, so a policy cannot ever revoke <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> resources for the purpose of targetting content served by <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>> hosts using an IP address.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>This is a great idea. I commend you for having it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>I would urge that it be a flat prohibition, not a “surrender…back to the community.” It involves a separation of functions that should be very clear and rigid. In other words, I agree with this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>ARIN is concerned with stewardship of resources, and management<br>of what content or traffic can be exchanged by hosts assigned those resources,<br>is, and should be out of the scope of IP addressing and DNS policy.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Let's be somewhat careful here. Are you saying that we should protect the<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>rights of snowshoe spammers to obtain vast quantities of resources, for<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>example?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>[Milton L Mueller] </span></i></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'>My understanding of snowshoe spamming is that it constitutes a misappropriation of others’ resources; it has nothing to do with content per se. Take it from someone with deep experience of the ICANN environment: you want to avoid loading IP address allocation with extraneous regulatory functions. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>