[governance] Re: Good contribution on IP addresses and Internet Governance

[Avri Doria]

On 26 Apr 2011, at 07:14, McTim wrote:

> However, markets are not appropriate in all situations.  For example,
> human trafficking and derivatives based on toxic mortgages.  NB: I am
> NOT comparing those situations to the IP address distribution arena,
> comparing them would be silly, its just to make the point that there
> are some things which should not be subject to what is called the
> "free market"


Even so, a false comparison.

The two examples you give are things that have ethically negative value : slavery, theft, fraud and usury

but an open market in things that are ethically wrong says nothing about an open market in bits which has not ethical value attached to them.  they are different categories of things and produce a false inference.

i am not sure where I stand on the notion on a free market in IP addresses.  as I think of it, i would tend toward a regulated market and not the free market.  but i must say other than being sure i don't want ARIN or anyone else to grab the class C Postel allocate to me, and wishing i could find someone to route them to me, I have not done deep analysis on the kind of market that would be right.

a.


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