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RE: Stealth p2p network in Kazaa and Morpheus?....

  • From: Borchers, Mark
  • Date: Wed Apr 03 11:10:16 2002 
Anthony D Cennami wrote:
> 
> You aren't maintaining anybodies distributed server farm.  You're 
> maintaining the infrastructure that your clients pay you to use, and 
> they're allowing this application to function in the manner 
> described in 
> plain english within the license agreement.


That's a slight stretch.  

However, your point about an AUP is well taken.  Perhaps networks
will now want to consider a prohibition along the lines of "Distribution
of content by a third party via a customer's connection may be blocked
at the sole discretion of the provider, or may be grounds for termination
of service."