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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: UK ISPs v. US ISPs (was RE: Network Level Content Blocking)
Thus spake "Kradorex Xeron" <[email protected]> From my view, ISPs should continue their role as "passing the packets" and not say what their users can or cannot view. It's when ISPs start interfering with what their users do is when we will run into legal, political and otherwise issues that I'm sure none of us want to see. IIRC, AOL got whacked by a court years ago because they censored some chat rooms and not others. The court held that since they censored some content, they lost their status as a common carrier and were liable for other content they didn't censor (either by intent or mistake). This was a particularly interesting case, since the implication was that ISPs who _don't_ censor content _are_ common carriers, which I don't think has otherwise been touched upon in the US. S Stephen Sprunk "Those people who think they know everything CCIE #3723 are a great annoyance to those of us who do." K5SSS --Isaac Asimov
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