[anti-abuse-wg] New Abuse Information on RIPE NCC Website

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 06:26:42AM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
>laws whose jurisdiction is The Internet, save for those promulgated by
>RIPE, ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, AFRINIC, IANA, and ICANN, and at present those
>laws say essentially nothing other than "Thou shalt not fail to pay, or
>defraud thy applicable RiR out of any fees reasonably owed, on penalty
>of forfeiture of any and all number resources registered."  Yes, there

Yes. And long may it continue to be so.

>are also numerous codifications of the clerical minutiae of seemingly
>innumerable processes and procedures by which number resources are
>allocated, deallocated, reallocated, reclaimed, and redistributed, but
>as we know, none of these say word one about the nature, character, or
>intent of the bits any member might or might not elect to send down the
>wire, once applicable fees have been paid and connections established,

Yes. And long may it continue to be so. My membership fees will *not
ever* go towards establishing the RIPE NCC as the Internet Censor. 

>nor about any community sanctions that might be applied in the event of
>behavior which, while possibly obeying all applicable national laws,
>materially does damage to the relevant RiR community and/or other
>members thereof.o

Wrong. Attempts to establish the RIR as a censorship authority do
damage to the RIR and its community. 
I do not think a RIR can survive any other way than by being a
"disinterested party" that engages in registry duties, and none other.  

/ends
Sascha Luck