[51297] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Eat this RIAA (or, the war has begun?) - Why not all ISPs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Wouters)
Thu Aug 22 16:03:11 2002
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 22:01:51 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Paul Wouters <paul@xtdnet.nl>
To: Pawlukiewicz Jane <pawlukiewicz_jane@bah.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3D65400A.93FFBDFA@bah.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, Pawlukiewicz Jane wrote:
> I am confused by what you just said. The common carrier principle does
> not apply here. AT least, the last time I checked no internet companies
> were considered under that principle. The reason, I believe, is that the
> internet is still not considered a necessity.
I'm not sure if that's the reason.
> Antitrust laws definitely do, however. IANAL
> either, but collusion is collusion.
It could be clearly shown that Antitrust doens't apply here. After all,
there is no 'illegal' profit to be made from censoring the RIA/MPAA.
Apart from the fact that I think it's morally wrnog to censor as an
ISP, no matter what reason, I think it would also set a bad example. We
don't want to be (technically) seen to able to filter. As soon as that
happens, even if it starts with a joke against RIA, would mean a
truckload of requests/threats/lawsuits to censor/filter.
Paul "I'm just an ISP" Wouters
