[28292] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: New Federal Law (COPPA)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roeland Meyer (E-mail))
Mon Apr 24 11:40:59 2000
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From: "Roeland Meyer (E-mail)" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
To: "'Ron Buchalski'" <rbuchals@hotmail.com>, <rmcannon@mail.com>,
<nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 08:39:18 -0700
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> Ron Buchalski
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 7:04 AM
> It's still up to parents to make sure that their kids are surfing the=20
> Internet responsibly, but I don't know that the law assumes=20
> this in order to protect ISPs.
From what I've been reading, there is no such assumption. Add to this =
the inability to authenticate anyone's identity and we have a small =
problem. ISPs aren't liable unless their web-hosting customers setup =
something risque. Then, it appears to be an issue of whether the ISP =
actually has control of the host that is running the material. This may =
be another nail in the coffin for the web-hosting business.
It appears that we have two camps, those wanting authentication and =
those who resist the idea. COPPA appears to come from the authentication =
camp, as a whip to "encourage" the resistors to come up with a means to =
authenticate the users.
<soapbox>
Also, one might note that the US legal system has been on an anti-parent =
binge for decades. Witness the unmitigated gall of a US Judge, in FLA, =
granting custody, of a six-year old boy, to a distant relative, rather =
than the actual biological father, based on political agenda. Anyone who =
has been through a custody battle can atest to this; That "for the good =
of the child" does NOT mean anything related to decency or parental =
rights. The USG has been setting itself over parental rights for a long =
time. Therefore, anything parents might agree to can be over-ridden by =
the do-goodniks in USG social services departments. COPPA is a part of =
this over-all agenda.
<\soapbox>
