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RE: IP-block fees and ARIN

To: "'weisberg@TEXOMA.NET'" <weisberg@texoma.net>
Subject: RE: IP-block fees and ARIN
From: Jim Fleming <JimFleming@doorstep.unety.net>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 08:58:39 -0500
Cc: "'Antitrust List'" <antitrust@ESSENTIAL.ORG>, "'antitrust@usdoj.gov'" <antitrust@usdoj.gov>, "'Don Mitchell'" <dmitchel@nsf.gov>, "'Don Heath'" <heath@isoc.org>, "'John Curran'" <jcurran@bbnplanet.com>, "'Karl Denninger'" <karl@mcs.net>
Cc: "'lsundro@nsf.gov'" <lsundro@nsf.gov>, "'Roeland M.J. Meyer'" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>, "'Scott Bradner'" <sob@harvard.edu>
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On Sunday, April 12, 1998 8:42 AM, Eric Weisberg[SMTP:weisberg@TEXOMA.NET] wrote:
@This needs to be clarified, as I suspect there is some misunderstanding.  I am
@copying Kim Hubbard, president of ARIN, who I trust will do so.  We also have
@several members of the ARIN board on our list who may chime in.
@
@Just a comment from our own experience, which I expect will borne out by Kim--
@
@The upstream providers do not own the IPs and can not sell nor rent them.  The
@upstream providers are merely helping to administer the assignment/allocation from
@ARIN in a hierarchical manner.   ARIN reviews the up-stream's performance of that
@responsibility and can take remedial action.
@
@Eric Weisberg, Gen. Counsel
@Internet Texoma
@

Does ARIN "own" the IPs ?

Who takes remedial action over ARIN ?

Is ARIN now a law enforcement agency ?

Why does ARIN have a monopoly ?

How can ARIN get away with "fixing" prices in conjunction with RIPE and APNIC ?

How does a commercial activity like ARIN obtain IRS non-profit status ?

Did the National Science Foundation "bid" the ARIN give away ?

-
Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation
IBC, Tortola, BVI

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