[1231] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Censorship, Obligations, and Legal Responsibility
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Osborne)
Sun Dec 3 03:54:00 1995
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 00:50:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeff Osborne <jeff@WR.BBNPLANET.COM>
To: Alan Hannan <alan@gi.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199512030148.TAA08413@gaijin.gi.net>
Since I install internet connections everyday as a Field Service Engineer
I wounder if I could be held personal responible for hooking up a "pervert"?
On Sat, 2 Dec 1995, Alan Hannan wrote:
>
> With the publicity surrounding the recently announced coalition
> and agreement eliminating 'pornography' from certain providers, I
> am curious as to what our group's thoughts are wrt potential legal
> expoure to us in the following two areas:
>
> A| Network Connectivity Providing
> and B| Usenet Network News Providing.
>
> I have arguments in my head both ways on the question:
>
> "Is the NSP|ISP responsible for content of their Pipes|NNTP feed?"
>
> I would be curious to hear what the concensus (as if there might
> be one) is.
>
> -alan
>
