[104332] in Cypherpunks
Re: IP: ISP not liable for customer's messages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cordian)
Fri Oct 16 02:51:00 1998
From: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 01:39:03 -0500 (CDT)
In-Reply-To: <199810160538.WAA28804@netcom13.netcom.com> from "Vladimir Z. Nuri" at Oct 15, 98 10:38:29 pm
Reply-To: Eric Cordian <emc@wire.insync.net>
> An appeals court in Florida has ruled against a woman who sued
> America Online because one of its customers, a convicted sex
> offender, used an AOL chat group to try to sell the woman's
> 11-year-old son a pornographic video. The court said that federal law
> protects online services from being held liable for the messages
> transmitted by their members sell the videotape of the boy. The
> defeated lawsuit, which is being appealed to the Supreme Court, tried
> to characterize America Online as "a home shopping network for
> pedophiles and child pornographers." (AP/Washington Post 15 Oct 98)
As I recall, the individual was trying to sell a pornographic video
featuring the woman's 11 year old son, which is another thing entirely.
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Eric Michael Cordian 0+
O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division
"Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
