My understanding with APNIC is that it all depends of the contract you have with the registry or whoever gave you an IP address. APNIC now makes people sign contracts to ensure that IPs are returned if fees are not paid. People who got IPs before these contracts are not obliged to anything. They may get pressure from APNIC, but that's fair, you are not obliged to give in. Cheers. > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Baptista [mailto:baptista@dot-god.com] > Sent: Sunday, 22 September 2002 8:13 > To: ietf@ietf.org > Subject: INTERVIEW comments by Conrad on IPv4 > > > > I have the following in an article to be published this week > > "David Conrad recently reminded legal participant of telecom > conferences > that Ipv4 address space remains yours even if you don't pay > the registry > fees. Conrad a registry insider at ARIN admitted people don't have to > return address space if they don't pay their fees." > > Can anyone tell me why this is the case? > > regards > joe baptista > > -- > Planet Communications & Computing Facility > a division of The dot.GOD Registry, Limited >