[address-policy-wg] Conflict over right to use IPaddresses in The Netherlands

Hank and all,

  Very much agreed.

Hank Nussbacher wrote:

> At 10:38 AM 12-03-08 +0100, Sander Steffann wrote:
>
> If the RIPE (and other RIR) documentation on IP allocation where to be
> clear on these type of matters, these issues would not reach court.
>
> -Hank
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >FYI: There is a conflict in The Netherlands about who can use certain
> >IP addresses.
> >
> >When the company DIS Hosting went bankrupt, they were bought by Real
> >Hosting. Real Hosting is now the holder of the IP blocks previously
> >used by DIS Hosting. Now it turns out that another company,
> >Fiberworld, is using IP space from this block... Real Hosting and
> >Fiberworld could not come to an agreement about the ownership /
> >transfer of those IP addresses, so Fiberworld started a lawsuit. A
> >judge has ruled that Fiberworld must be allowed the use of the IP
> >addresses for 30 days, so they have time to prove they have the right
> >to use those addresses.
> >
> >An article about this (in Dutch):
> >http://www.ispam.nl/archives/1703/rechtszaak-om-ip-adressen-van-dis-hosting/
> >
> >- Sander

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