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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Brett L. Hawn wrote: > On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Michael Dillon wrote: > > > > I think you miss my point, since the ARIN is for all intents and purposes > > > selling address space, who are they to say no? > > > > But ARIN is *NOT* selling address space. That is not the intent of ARIN > > nor is it the purpose of ARIN. With that thought in mind, try reading > > through the material at http://www.arin.net once again. > > Been there, read that, and I still say they're selling space, leasing space, > auctioning space, etc. Fact of the matter is they are _CHARGING MONEY_ (not > bannana peels) for services rendered. Their services are to hand out IP > space and maintain databases, therefor they are SELLING space. Here in Western Canada, when a piece of real estate is sold you have to pay a registration fee to the Land Titles office to register the transfer of ownership. This registration has the same legal force as a deed does in Eastern Canada. However, in spite of the fact that the Land Titles office is _CHARGING MONEY_ for services rendered, they are *NOT* selling real estate. I think ARIN is in a similar position with regard to IP address space as the Land Titles office. Of course like any analogy it should not be pushed too far, but I should note that there are situations in which the land titles office will not accept the transfer of ownership for any one of a number of reasons, thus they are applying a policy that has been set down by the community which they service. Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP Consulting Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-250-546-3049 http://www.memra.com - E-mail: [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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