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On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 13:32 -0400, Todd Vierling wrote: > On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Erik Haagsman wrote: > > 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. Correct. Holding a dial-up ISP responsible for content on one of it's customer's machines (or perhaps even a warez server on the other side of the globe?) is complete nonsense. Having them provide forensic info is another (more sensible) matter. -- --- Erik Haagsman Network Architect We Dare BV Tel: +31(0)10-7507008 Fax: +31(0)10-7507005 http://www.we-dare.nl
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