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[reposted from http://www.arin.net/archives/arin-members.9804]
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On Wed, Apr 15, 1998 at 11:39:44AM -0700, Michael Dillon wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Karl Denninger wrote:
>
> > > Shall we inform the ARIN membership of your actions?
> 
> > I'll save you the trouble and CC this to the member's list.
>         
> And what about all the other accusations of criminal activity that you've
> been making over the past few days scattered over several mailing lists
> and CC'd to the Department of Justice, Ira Magaziner, and others? Will you
> be making copies of those messages available to the ARIN membership as 
> well?
>                                         
> If so, please don't CC the flood of messages to the members list. It would
> be more convenient for most of them if you would make it available as a
> text file on your web server.
> 
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> Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
> http://www.memra.com             -               E-mail: michael@memra.com

My "arin" mail file is subpoenable if anyone feels the need.  Its not going
anywhere; quite the opposite.

I believe there is in fact reason for a formal federal investigation at this
stage.  Among other things, I believe that ARIN is acting as a monopoly and
abusing its power to charge fees, in that it appears to charge far beyond
the clearly documentable costs needed to make an allocation for smaller ISPs,
does not use objective and externally verified criteria to make decisions,
and to date has refused to operate in a transparent manner where the  
allocation decisions and criteria being used are open to public review
and observation.

Further, I believe that ARIN, in collusion with Jon Postel, has conspired
to artificially constrain the supply of IPv4 addresses in order to create
an artificial shortage, enabling them to "justify" policies and pricing
which would never be sustainable in a public market or in an actual, open,
public trustee or stewardship role.  

That's for starters, but it ought to be far more than enough.  If my belief
that these actions have and are taking place are proven correct, then I
further believe that such conduct is contrary to the laws of the United
States, and may constitute price-fixing, unlawful restraint of trade, and
racketeering.  However, since I am not a prosecutor or judge, I am not
qualified to do anything other than suggest that I believe these actions
are in fact improper and ask the government to step in and investigate
whether or not in fact there has been a violation of law.

It is my right as a citizen of the United States to bring believed abuses
to the attention of the judicial branch of the United States Government.

It is, more importantly, my DUTY to do this as a member of a committee
charged with the oversight of a public resource being operated under the
guidelines of Stewardship of a Public Trust, authorized by the US Federal
Government.

I believe that I have a fiduciary duty to every member, jointly and
severably, to do what I am doing in this capacity, and to defend that public
trust and the members against improperly set fees, discriminatory conduct,
and other violations of the public interest if I come to believe that such 
are taking place.

I have asked for ARIN to work with me on fixing these things as a member 
of the Advisory Council.
                                          
For doing this, Michael Dillon has called for my censure and removal from
the Advisory Council.

Draw your own conclusions folks.

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