[57135] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: State Super-DMCA Too True
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Loch)
Sun Mar 30 02:42:26 2003
From: "Kevin Loch" <kloch@gurunet.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 02:32:32 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003 0:22 am
Subject: Re: State Super-DMCA Too True
> > (Some DSL/cable companies try to charge per machine, and record
> the
> > machine address of the devices connected.)
>
> And to use NAT to circumvent this should be illegal. It is theft of
> service. The ISP has the right to setup a business model and sell
> as it
> wishes. Technology has allowed ways to bypass or steal extra
> service.
> This law now protects the ISP. There will be some ISPs that
> continue to
> allow and support NAT.
If you can tell the difference between NAT and non-NAT
traffic you don't need this law. If you can't,
the law is completely unenforcable. The same
goes for VPN's. So what's the point other than
to discourage good business models?
KL
