On Wed, 15 Mar 2006, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
> petetheisen wrote:
>
>> Nocatsplash legal warning? Mysterious. Is is *possible* to avoid the
>> liability of someone, say, sending kiddie porn over your bandwidth?
>
>
> The real question there is wether common carrier rules apply. If you aren't
> controlling people's access _through_ your network, are you responsible for
> what they do _using_ your network?
>
> Carriers aren't responsible for the content that they carry through their
> networks. If they were responsible, you would see a much more thorough
> policing of botnets and free speech in general.
>
> As a residential customer, however, you're probably not contractually allowed
> to do this with your provider. While a counter argument to your personal
> status as a common carrier (which wouldn't help in a court case), that
> agreement is technically with your provider, which I would think would merely
> open you up for breech of contract with your provider.
>
> Then again, I'm Only Really Glad I'm Not A Lawyer (ORIGINAL?) ;)
"Only Really I'm Glad I'm Not A Lawyer"?... nope, needs work. Unless it's
one of those "acronyms" like INTERCAL.
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