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Re: State Super-DMCA Too True

  • From: Jack Bates
  • Date: Sun Mar 30 11:26:07 2003 
Larry J. Blunk wrote:

I'm not trying to justify allowing the use of NAT where it is
prohibited by a terms of service agreement and thus grounds for
termination of service. However, going beyond termination of
service and making this an illegal act under law (possibly
punishable by a felony conviction and 4 years in prison) is an
entirely different case. If you stop paying your ISP bill (thus getting several months for free until the ISP cuts you
off) wouldn't that also be theft of service? Should one
also be subject to a felony conviction and 4 years of prison for
such an act?
If it takes a few months for the ISP to cut you off for not paying your bill, that is their own fault. Concerning someone going to jail for running NAT in breach of TOS, I find it supportable. There is precedence set with the Cable companies (using equipment to allow service to be used on more than tv's than allowed by the cable company would be equivelent here).

-Jack