<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Hi Bill,<br></div><div><br></div><div>You are completely neglecting risk in your assumption that no value is added.<br></div><div>I add value by transferring cash to somebody else in the hope I can lease the purchased IPv4 out for a profit before China and the DoD dump addresses on the market.<br></div><div>It's basic economics. Does an apartment builder add no value because he charges rent?<br></div><div><br></div><div>You also seem to be merging the concept of renting with the concept of rent-seeking, which have different definitions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure if you responded to the points that your opposition to this policy serves only to benefit lucky incumbents and large networks, while providing RIR-shopping incentives and failing to financially incentivize accurate assignment information. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Can you address those points since I think you realize the futility of trying to actually ban leasing?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Also please remember in the dire descriptions of rent-seeking and the market disruptions, that this is all perfectly fine in RIPE and has been ongoing for many years.<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,<br></div><div>Mike<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="zmail_extra_hr" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 0px;"><br></div><div class="zmail_extra" data-zbluepencil-ignore="true"><div><br></div><div id="Zm-_Id_-Sgn1">---- On Thu, 23 Sep 2021 18:49:17 -0400 <b>William Herrin <bill@herrin.us></b> wrote ----<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0px;"><div>On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 2:41 PM David Farmer via ARIN-PPML <br><<a href="mailto:arin-ppml@arin.net" target="_blank">arin-ppml@arin.net</a>> wrote: <br>> I have a question for those that oppose the leasing or loaning of IPv4 addresses to other entities absent connectivity; Is it the rent-paying or that lack of connectivity provided with the addresses that offend you? Or, both? <br> <br>Hi David, <br> <br>The defined Economics term is "rent seeking." Just renting something <br>to someone is not "rent seeking." The term has a specific meaning. <br>Briefly, it means exploiting a rule-making process (such as law, <br>regulation or other public policy) often by changing it to let you <br>make money without adding value. <br> <br>Address transfers are at least notionally not rent seeking - the <br>recipient isn't paying for the addresses, he's paying the former <br>registrant's one-time cost to reconfigure to stop using them while the <br>addresses themselves convey to the new registrant for exactly the same <br>cost as the original registrant. Yes I know that's ridiculous. Call it <br>a "legal fiction." <br> <br>Address leasing, on the other hand, is unapologetically rent seeking. <br>I have them only because the regulatory agency allowed it. I add no <br>value by letting you pay me to use them but you have no choice because <br>the regulatory agency has no more to offer. I and my contemporaries <br>took them all. <br> <br> <br>What's wrong with a little rent seeking? Rent seeking is <br>anticompetitive behavior. Quoting from <br><a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp" target="_blank">https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/rentseeking.asp</a> : <br> <br>"Rent seeking can disrupt market efficiencies and create pricing <br>disadvantages for market participants. It has been known to cause <br>limited competition and high barriers to entry. <br> <br>Those that benefit from successful rent seeking obtain added economic <br>rents without any added obligations. This can potentially create <br>unfair advantages, specifically providing wealth to certain businesses <br>that leads to greater market share at the detriment of competitors." <br> <br>Regards, <br>Bill Herrin <br> <br> <br>-- <br>William Herrin <br><a href="mailto:bill@herrin.us" target="_blank">bill@herrin.us</a> <br><a href="https://bill.herrin.us/" target="_blank">https://bill.herrin.us/</a> <br>_______________________________________________ <br>ARIN-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" target="_blank">ARIN-PPML@arin.net</a>). <br>Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: <br><a href="https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml" target="_blank">https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml</a> <br>Please contact <a href="mailto:info@arin.net" target="_blank">info@arin.net</a> if you experience any issues. <br></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>