[87572] in Cypherpunks
Re: CDA protects against liability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Thu Oct 2 17:49:51 1997
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: admin@anon.efga.org
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971002164612.20891A-100000@server1.efga.org>
Reply-To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
There have been a bunch of other cases involving the deal-cutting portion
of the CDA. I believe the Drudge lawsuit complaint refers to them. If not,
AOL's response to the complaint certainly will.
-Declan
On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Georgia Cracker Remailer Administrator wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>
> > At 13:46 -0400 10/2/97, Anonymous wrote:
> > >Another case where the CDA protected against liability. Remailer ops
> > >should look into this.
> > >
> > >http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/7361.html:
>
> This remailer-op, while not previously aware of the case, is well-aware of
> that provision of the CDA, but has not yet had the need or opportunity to
> use it as a legal defense. The reference is Public Law 104-104, Title V,
> Subtitle A, Sec. 502 as it amends (47 U.S.C. 223). The text of this law is
> available on-line at:
>
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:S.652.ENR:
>
> My interpretation of this is: Anonymous remailers are internet service
> providers.
>
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