I strongly urge the IESG to be significantly more liberal in the cases where an I-D will be removed from the archive. I can think of a number of cases where I'd hope that the IESg would be cooperative: 1) the IETF recieves a DMCA take-down notice or other instrument indicating that a third party believes an I-D infringes their copyright. Forcing such third parties to take the IETF to court does not seem to benefit the community. 2) An author realizes that an I-D accidentally contains proprietary information, infringes someone else's copyright, failed to go through external release processes for the author/editor's organization, etc. Obviously factors like how long after the I-D is submitted might need to be considered. In conclusion, I believe there are a number of cases where the interests of the community are better served by being able to ask for removal from the archive. Being able to easily repair mistakes is likely to facilitate more free discussion and more speedy updating of I-Ds. Yes, I'm aware that organizations other than the IETF mirror the i-ds and some of these organizations will be less sympathetic to these concerns.