[27681] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Napster and others...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn McMahon)
Tue Mar 7 14:21:24 2000
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Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 14:19:08 -0500
To: "Scott McGrath" <s_mcgrath@bexair.com>
From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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At 09:48 AM 3/7/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>When you have limited bandwidth you need to ensure that it is used for
>what it is purchased for (email access to network based resources etc) and
>also as
>Napster moves MP3's you need to ensure that your facilities are not used for
>infringement on other's intellectualproperty so that you and your
>organization are
>not sued by rapacious lawyers unfortunate but there it is here is a short
>list in
>ACL format of Napster and other MP3 servers.
It is not possible to do either, and by undertaking to do so you open
yourself up to legal liabilities that otherwise wouldn't exist.
On the other hand, if you block things that are consuming excessive
bandwidth, you're in good shape.
