[address-policy-wg] On use of the word "sold" (was: 2012-01 New Policy Proposal (Inter-RIR IPv4 Address Transfers))

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 02:28:11PM +0200, Sascha Lenz wrote:

>But in a mostly business driven internet, in a mostly marked 
>based economy today, it's really hard to explain why one 
>shouldn't be able make money out of a scarce resource.

I'm generally opposed to a market-based approach because 
the commodification of a commons will almost inevitably
lead to abuse and to the players trying to cling on to
IPv4 even longer. 

I can even foresee a situation where someone with a 
"valuable" ipv4 allocation could take an injunction to stop
the roll-out of ipv6 because it would devalue their "investment".
And yes, they will find a judge stupid or corrupt enough to 
decide so, especially in NL if I look at what the likes of 
BREIN get away with in the courts...


rgds,
Sascha Luck