North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical ISPs not liable for hostile code sent between users
On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, todd glassey wrote: > Vadim - the instant someone sues a Provider for sexual harassment from their > spam epidemic you will start to see things change. The reason that No-Sane > provider will block these ports or services is because they have been > listening to their Network Admins too long, and in fact the problem is that > they are not sane providers. What they are, and this is pretty much true However, the US courts and US law don't agree with you. http://news.com.com/2100-1023-981800.html In what legal experts describe as a first, a federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that America Online and other Internet service providers are not liable for "hostile code" sent between subscribers.
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