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<p class="MsoPlainText">This has been dragging on for so long, I forget what it was originally about…
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">From: arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net [mailto:arin-ppml-bounces@arin.net] On Behalf Of William Herrin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 1:15 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">To: Owen DeLong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Cc: arin-ppml@arin.net List<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] On USG 'granting of rights' (was: ARIN-PPML 2015-2)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 5:02 AM, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">> Mr. Herrin in bringing up tortious interference claims that to be indication of an “exclusive right to use” accompanying the number registry. Unfortunately, this is not true. It does represent a precedence-based
presumption about the determination of who is the “interfering party” in a case where interference exists. However, an exclusive right to use would go further than that.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">Hi Owen,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">That's possible. However, I wouldn't bet the farm on a judge not following the path from tortious interference to its natural<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left:.5in">conclusion: that a block of Internet addresses is documentary intangible property under common law, subject to centuries of well understood precedent over folks' rights. When in doubt, what quacks like a duck
is a duck.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">So if someone is using addresses that are unassigned or assigned by ARIN (but not used) then the unregistered party would own them. Which means ARIN and the “registered user” would be the ones subject to a tortious interference claim.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Also, your “natural conclusion” has a major problem, you would have to completely overlook paragraph 7 of the RSA which clearly states that there are no property rights. It additionally says that the holder may not attempt to obtain
or assert any rights over the number resources, so by going to court and asserting such, you would be in breach of the RSA.<o:p></o:p></p>
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