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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Regulatory intervention
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Erik Haagsman wrote: > > Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for > > the content contained on their servers. Google just indexes the information, > > the search engine argued, and feels it is not its place to censor > > information contained throughout the Web. > Ahhh....they feel they shouldn't sensor, and there I was thinking that > was Google's task in life. Very generous and what a great idea for new > laws that firmly put the blame on anyone but Google. That wasn't my reason for citing it. Neither Google *nor* intermediaries should be responsible for illegal content -- to them, it's just bits moving. The only responsibility that *either* one should bear is the ability to provide an audit trail to the real culprit, no more. -- -- Todd Vierling <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>
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