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On Jun 3, 2015, at 6:25 PM, William Herrin <<a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" class="">bill@herrin.us</a>> wrote:<br class="">
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<div class="">Neat trap! LRSA signers, aren't you glad you signed the LRSA? All your<br class="">
IP are belong to ARIN.<br class="">
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I'll have to put some thought into this one. </div>
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<div>Bill -</div>
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<div>I’ll spare you the effort, since (as far as I know) it wouldn’t be ARIN being the “owner”</div>
<div>in any case…</div>
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<div>If (in an alternate world) IP addresses were to be deemed to be freehold property rather </div>
<div>than simply a specific set of rights, then it is quite likely that they would be USG property</div>
<div>(dependent upon a rather interesting and convoluted set of agreements that led to their </div>
<div>development.) Some contractors may have a potential claim as well; good luck with that.</div>
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<div>Under the “IP property" worldview, all of us (and I mean everyone) has been making use</div>
<div>of US Government IP addresses, all of which the USG has gone along with because it </div>
<div>facilitates various USG goals regarding the Internet. Since only the GSA and DoD can </div>
<div>actually dispose of US government property, and even that has to be done via strict </div>
<div>processes, it is quite unlikely that anyone can claim that the USG has ever sold some </div>
<div>IP address “property” to them… </div>
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<div>In either case, ARIN administers the registry in accordance with the "United States </div>
<div>Government’s Internet Protocol Numbering Principles”, a copy of which may be found</div>
<div>here - <<a href="http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2012/united-states-government-s-internet-protocol-numbering-principles" class="">http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2012/united-states-government-s-internet-protocol-numbering-principles</a>></div>
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<div>Enjoy,</div>
<div>/John</div>
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<div>John Curran</div>
<div>President and CEO</div>
<div>ARIN</div>
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