At 10:38 AM 12-03-08 +0100, Sander Steffann wrote: If the RIPE (and other RIR) documentation on IP allocation where to be clear on these type of matters, these issues would not reach court. -Hank
Hi,
FYI: There is a conflict in The Netherlands about who can use certain IP addresses.
When the company DIS Hosting went bankrupt, they were bought by Real Hosting. Real Hosting is now the holder of the IP blocks previously used by DIS Hosting. Now it turns out that another company, Fiberworld, is using IP space from this block... Real Hosting and Fiberworld could not come to an agreement about the ownership / transfer of those IP addresses, so Fiberworld started a lawsuit. A judge has ruled that Fiberworld must be allowed the use of the IP addresses for 30 days, so they have time to prove they have the right to use those addresses.
An article about this (in Dutch): http://www.ispam.nl/archives/1703/rechtszaak-om-ip-adressen-van-dis-hosting/
- Sander