[87594] in Cypherpunks
Re: CDA protects against liability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Thu Oct 2 23:23:08 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 97 16:25:14 EDT
In-Reply-To: <v03007800b059a71da182@[168.161.105.141]>
Reply-To: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> writes:
>
> Remember that the CDA "protects against liability" since the online
> services cut a deal during the legislative process.
>
> In other words AOL & co lobbied to have provisions inserted to get them off
> the hook, even though individual users would still be screwed when the act
> became law.
>
> Another case of corporations selling out civil liberties.
Remind me how some crypto-peddlers endorse bills that would criminalize
domestic crypto use in exchange for their being able to export their
(weak) systems.
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