Re: AFRINIC IP Block Thefts -- The Saga Continues

[Valerie Wittkop <vwittkop () nanog org>]

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> On Nov 18, 2020, at 11:11 AM, Paul Nash <paul () nashnetworks ca> wrote:
>
> Any idea of the outcome?
>
> > On Nov 17, 2020, at 4:54 PM, Valdis Klētnieks <valdis.kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Nov 2020 10:02:01 -0800, Jay Hennigan said:
> >
> > > In the old days on the NANAE newsgroup, such bogus threats of legal
> > > action were categorized as one calling their "cartooney". People who
> > > huff and puff and threaten to sue rarely do so. If someone actually
> > > plans on suing you, your first hint is typically a knock on the door by
> > > a process server, not repeated threats in an online forum.
> >
> > Right.  The thing is that unless you're party to the lawsuit, you don't
> > know if a process server has been involved.
> >
> > Somebody else replied by private email and pointed where the AfriNIC
> > CEO wrote that they had, in fact, actually been sued.   So whatever one
> > might think of Elad Cohen, he's apparently not a cartooney.