Re: [anti-spam-wg] Any suggestions about how to deal with non co-operative ISP's and RIR's ?

[Leo Vegoda <leo.vegoda@localhost]

On Apr 2, 2007, at 6:23 PM, der Mouse wrote:

[...]

> The system is severely broken: the RIRs have been given authority  
> (over
> IP space) without the responsibility to match it (ultimate
> responsibility for dealing with abuses from it).  Naturally enough,
> they don't want to do anything about this (who wants more
> responsibility, especially when you're getting paid to exercise
> authority without it?), and the body in a position to fix it
> (ICANN/IANA) is sitting on their thumbs.
Can you please explain what you mean by "dealing with abuses" and the  
legal basis for ICANN or the RIRs doing this?
Regards,

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Leo Vegoda
IANA Numbers Liaison