[governance] US v John Doe & Others [#RIRs #Botnets #IP Addresses #extraterritorial jurisdictional application]

[John Curran]

On Nov 28, 2011, at 3:18 AM, Daniel Kalchev wrote:

> An example: In an not so developed area, you laid fiber optic cable, just few years ago. You paid the "passing right" of $1/meter. Just after that the area became developed and the "passing right" now costs $100/meter. AT&T came along and offered to buy your "rights" for $50/meter.
> 
> So, while IP addresses are not property, because they are just numbers, the right to be associated with these numbers is.


Exactly... very nicely said.
/John


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