[ncc-services-wg] Lawsuits and recovering lost IP addresses

Hi!

It is really good idea to put mnt-routes: into they /16. So customers can't 
make route objects without permission of /16 owner and their announces will 
be dropped out.

In my neighbourhood if admin-c or tech-c of inetnum write a letter to somebody 
asking to terminate incorrect announces - they do it.

About harm and laws - think about it and make correct agreements with users. 
Anyway, after agreement is terminated I think IP owner owes nothing to the 
customer and can use his IPs as he wish.


> Not sure which WG to post this so I'll try here.
>
> Hypothetical case: Suppose there is an ISP that has a /16.  They never
> informed their customers that the assigned PA address space has to be
> returned once they disconnect from their service (see
> http://www.ripe.net/ripe/docs/ipv4-policies.html#pa_pi for how it should be
> done, but wasn't in the past).
>
> Now when they see all sorts of announcements of /24s and /22s from their
> block and they try to recover these lost IPs (contacting the ex-customer or
> their usptreams to terminate announcement), they are threatened with
> lawsuits that deletion of the IPs will cause irrepairable harm to the
> ex-customer and the fact that the LIR never informed the customer of PA
> recovery therefore entitles them to keep the IPs - forever - or for however
> long they wish.
>
> I don't want this to be a long thread on the pros and cons and what should
> or shouldn't be done.  What I am *specifically* looking for is actual
> lawsuits and court cases that have taken place in the RIPE sphere in this
> area and what the outcome of those lawsuits were.
>
> Thanks,
> Hank

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С Уважением,
Максим Тульев (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253 at FIDO)