[31857] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: decreased caching efficiency?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Tue Oct 24 09:04:06 2000
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Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 09:07:40 -0400
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@21rst-century.com>
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"Greg A. Woods" wrote:
>
> [ On Friday, October 20, 2000 at 09:44:37 (-0400), Dana Hudes wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: decreased caching efficiency?
> >
> > I pay my ISP to carry IP packets around. Caching is acceptable in some cases
> > but not in others.
>
> You control how your information is distributed. If you do not wish it
> to be cached in any meaningful manner by an ISP or anyone else then you
> must use protocols that are inherently uncachable, such as those
> protected by strong cryptography.
>
> > In some cases certainly your cache is in fact a copyright violation.
>
> No, it's absolutely NOT. You knowingly publish your content in a medium
> where copying is an inherent part of the system (at many levels!).
>
> If you do not accept that arbitrary copies will be made of your data
> then must not publish your information on the Internet. Period. No
> amount of ignorance of the medium is a valid excuse in this day and age.
>
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For what it's worth the Digitial Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA)
explicitly EXEMPTS caching as a violation of copyright. (This only
holds for music and maybe video, but it is a clear precedent.)
> Greg A. Woods
>
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Regards
Marshall Eubanks
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