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Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Bonomi)
Thu Nov 29 17:06:35 2012
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:06:14 -0600 (CST)
From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <50B7C511.6030805@localnet.com>
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> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:26:57 -0500
> From: Tom Beecher <tbeecher@localnet.com>
> Subject: Re: William was raided for running a Tor exit node. Please help if
> you can.
>
> Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. 230 is the US law that has been
> interpreted to provide immunity to ISP for the actions of their users.
It is worth noting that 47 U.S.C. 230 provides _limited_ protections, only.
Broad protection, but limited. It says that a provider shall not 'be
treated as author' for material provided by someone else.
This of little-to-no help with regard to kiddie porn, since distribution,
and even 'mere' possession, are crimes -- independant of authorship.
