[ncc-services-wg] [policy-announce] 2012-08 New Policy Proposal (Publication of Sponsoring LIR for Independent Number Resources)

Hi Bengt

On 16/10/2012 09:44, Bengt Gördén wrote:
> First. I'm in favor of this proposal if the sponsoring LIR is clearly
> stated in the resource. Would it be to much to ask if the record in the db
> would reflect the relationship between sponsering LIR and the object
> maintainer? It could be as lightweight as "databasehelper-mnt" or something
> more suitable.

Kaveh Ranjbar presented some ideas at the last RIPE meeting which may be
relevant to this:

https://ripe65.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/db-wg/

> that the sky will not fall down. At least not in Sweden. We get about 0.8%
> "DMCA take down requests" or similar in proportion to the number of
> assignment resources in the RIPE database that we have. We just have to
> politely respond to them and explain the situation. I think the average
> "take down" requester does not know how things work for the RIR/LIR. I can
> see a problem in a country where the law is in favor of "take down"
> requester. At least in Sweden, we see this much like National Land Survey.
> They have the responsibility for registering property, but not the
> operational responsibility for what happens there. If this is a problem for
> the RIPE region at large, I think we have to consider the proposal again.

To be honest I really don't see how this is substantially different to open
registration for any other details.  The principals of open registration
are very well established and we all agree that it is a good thing.

Nick