From: Douglas LaFrenier <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:31:12 -0400

Sorry to come to this subject so late, but I wonder if PSI could offer
more details on the apparently bleak state of IP authentication. I
know a bit about this problem from talking to Andrew over the years,
but many people must be astonished at the claim that more than half of
registered IPs are invalid. Is this an issue of fraud, sloppiness, the
nature of how IPs are assigned, or something else? It would be good to
understand how we got to this state.

Regards,
Doug LaFrenier
Consultant


 On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 6:22 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > From: Andrew Pitts <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:13:05 +0000
> >
> > We hope members of this list will be interested in this news, given
> > the concerns about the use of IP addresses as an authentication method
> > for scholarly content.
> >
> > PSI, the organisation which helps publishers eliminate subscription
> > fraud and IP misuse, has announced the launch of a global registry of
> > IP addresses which we hope will benefit the whole community. The IP
> > Registry will make it easier for libraries to communicate any changes
> > in their authentication details to all publishers who sign up to use
> > the service, saving them significant time and reducing errors. The
> > registry already contains 1.5 billion validated IP addresses for over
> > 60,000 content licensing organisations worldwide.
> >
> > The full Press Release can be seen below
> >
> > ************************************************