I believe that the IETF has all of the necessary rights to reproduce, distribute, and display publicly all Internet-Drafts. Here is my analysis: In RFC 1310, March 1992, the IAB describes Internet-Drafts, but it does not define the rights that contributors grant. As best I can determine, the very first I-D was posted shortly after this RFC was published. In RFC 1602, March 1994, the grant of rights becomes very explicit: Contributor agrees to grant, and does grant to ISOC, a perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any copyrights in the contribution to reproduce, distribute, perform or display publicly and prepare derivative works that are based on or incorporate all or part of the contribution, and to reproduce, distribute and perform or display publicly any such derivative works, in any form and in all languages, and to authorize others to do so. In RFC 2026, BCP 9, October 1996, the explicit grant of rights is published in a consensus BCP: Some works (e.g. works of the U.S. Government) are not subject to copyright. However, to the extent that the submission is or may be subject to copyright, the contributor, the organization he represents (if any) and the owners of any proprietary rights in the contribution, grant an unlimited perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license to the ISOC and the IETF under any copyrights in the contribution. This license includes the right to copy, publish and distribute the contribution in any way, and to prepare derivative works that are based on or incorporate all or part of the contribution, the license to such derivative works to be of the same scope as the license of the original contribution. Internet-Drafts provide important historical records for the open and transparent operation of the IETF. For this reason, removal of an I-D from the Public I-D Archive is a significant action. If someone posted an I-D under RFC 1310, when the grant was not explicit, and they want to have their Internet-Draft removed from the Public I-D Archive, then they ought to request that action from the IESG. However, RFC 1602 and RFC 2026 are quite clear about the grant. The request for removal of an Internet-Draft posted after March 1994 needs to be associated with some legal action or some form of abuse. Russ