[jsjohnst]

I think the point GP was making is that you don’t “own” IP addresses, you effectively “lease” them. If you don’t pay your ARIN (or others) dues, you’ll lose them.

[blfr]

Sure but that is also true of a domain name.

[jsjohnst]

Domains are much more vocal about expiration in my experience, but maybe that’s just the registrars I’ve used.