[31799] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP liability in caching/decreased caching efficiency
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bcurnow)
Fri Oct 20 15:58:15 2000
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 12:56:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: bcurnow <bcurnow@sonnet.com>
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I don't think any one has mentioned this yet, but I think that AOL got a
section added to the DMCA that immunizes ISPs/NSPs from the copying that
occurs in the operation of the network. AOL, of course, does lots of
caching.
A content person would have a *very* steep hill to climb in trying to
argue that an ISPs decision in how to operate their network is somehow
beyond the scope of this immunization.
----------------- Brian Curnow ----------------
