Re: [address-policy-wg] 2007-08 New Draft Document Published (Enabling Methods for Reallocation of IPv4 Resources)
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To: Max Tulyev president@localhost
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From: Marshall Eubanks tme@localhost
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:49:11 -0400
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Cc: "address-policy-wg@localhost" address-policy-wg@localhost
On Oct 14, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Max Tulyev wrote:
Per,
the truth is this is not an integer anymore, but a Valuable Resource,
may be more valuable than oil and uranium.
There WILL BE a market. More, there IS a market NOW.
But you can choose will it be the black market or the clear one.
Exactly. This has been pretty obvious for some years now.
Per Heldal wrote:
I'd prefer a firm rejection of any policy designed enable a
marketplace
for integers.
Note that there are already a bunch of markets for characters (for
example, domain names and trademarks), and I have heard of deals over
phone numbers. There is no reason for integers to be any different.
Regards
Marshall
That should at least discourage some of the worst
speculators and eliminate the financial motive for any organisation
to
hang on to blocks they don't need and return them to the common pool.
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WBR,
Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/253@localhost)
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