A few "legacy" address holders in the ARIN region have managed to hold on to legal ownership. https://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/09/22/its-official-legacy

A few "legacy" address holders in the ARIN region have managed to hold on to legal ownership. https://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/09/22/its-official-legacy-ipv4-address-block-holders-own-their-number-blocks/ https://www.internetgovernance.org/2012/09/22/its-official-l... But it's true that newcomers these days can't truly "own" their own addresses.