[anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote:

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> What do feelings have to do with NCC membership? There are many
> members of the RIPE NCC I'd rather not share the organisation
> with but that is not reason to deny them membership.
> :feelsbadman:

It was only a small point about "membership" -- which land registries 
don't have.


>> Also, i have read allegations about a "monopoly" regarding the service 
>> region. Afaik, there is a transfer market which contradicts the concept of 
>> said "monopoly" (i.e. can't get more addresses from the RIR, then go to the 
>> market).
>
> that's not an "allegation", it is a STATEMENT OF FACT. The "ip
> address market" rgument is wholly invalid because the transfer
> policy clearly states that transfers can only happen to a RIR
> member. The only exception is legacy space that was never brought under
> RIR authority.

There you have it...... legacy space is part of that address market, hence 
no "monopoly". :-))


Regards,
Carlos


> rgds,
> SL
>