[93057] in Cypherpunks
Re: (eternity) mailing list and activity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A. Costner)
Mon Jan 12 04:00:29 1998
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 03:36:54 -0500
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: "Robert A. Costner" <pooh@efga.org>
In-Reply-To: <34b9a145.15127288@128.2.84.191>
Reply-To: "Robert A. Costner" <pooh@efga.org>
At 05:52 AM 1/12/98 GMT, phelix@vallnet.com wrote:
>What prevents the operator of such a server from being charged with
>"conspiracy to provide child porn" or whatever? If he is holding a portion
>of such contraband, isn't he as liable as if he was holding the whole
>article(s)?
In the US, the remaining provisions of the CDA would shield an ISP from
prosecution concerning child porn. In fact most everything but
intellectual property cases, which may be shielded by other means. If the
eternity server acts merely as a pipeline, without the operators
participating or encouraging illegal activities, then there is a good
chance that the eternity server could be treated as a service provider in
the same fashion and be immune from prosecution directly.
-- Robert Costner Phone: (770) 512-8746
Electronic Frontiers Georgia mailto:pooh@efga.org
http://www.efga.org/ run PGP 5.0 for my public key
