[governance] Good contribution on IP addresses and Internet Governance

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

An IP address is nothing else than a unique identifier in a data delivery
service provided by the internet. Same thing as a postal address. Pretending
to own such things pertains to fetishism. Trading them for money is a
variety of fraud, not uncommon when it's a scarce resource, like phone
numbers in some countries.
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On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 6:35 AM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks milton, i appreciate the feedback. Hower, what you dont
> understand is the "what is going on now" has been going on for over a
> decade. People have been trying to "sell" internet resources for a
> very long time. Karl is correct, its the routing (largely based on
> what is in irr that is important.. In terms of ig and the developing
> world, this issue has flared up again in the african region yesterday.
> Ironically, in africa, we have more v4 numbering resources than in  asia,
> us or eu left to give out. Should we sell them to corporate  america hoping
> to maximise revenue for the african rir and speed up v6  deployment, or hold
> on to these resources, allowing for a longer  transition to v6? If i wasnt
> in the bush, staring down rhinos  (literally), i could write a more nuanced
> description of these issues.
> Rgds, mctim
>
> On 4/22/11, Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu> wrote:
> > This is a very ignorant statement and frankly it is out of touch with
> what
> > is already happening.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: governance at lists.cpsr.org [mailto:governance at lists.cpsr.org] On
> >> Behalf Of George Sadowsky
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:11 AM
> >> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org; McTim
> >> Subject: [governance] Good contribution on IP addresses and Internet
> >> Governance
> >>
> >> All.
> >>
> >> A direct and sane statement regarding the properties of IP addresses
> >> from an Internet Governance perspective.  Worth reading:
> >>
> >> >http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110419_ipv4_addresses_not_property_c
> >> anada_weighs_in_on_nortel_microsoft/
> >>
> >>
> >> George
>
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