[57218] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: State Super-DMCA Too True
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kuhtz, Christian)
Mon Mar 31 18:13:21 2003
From: "Kuhtz, Christian" <christian.kuhtz@bellsouth.com>
To: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>,
todd glassey <todd.glassey@worldnet.att.net>,
Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>,
"Robert A. Hayden" <rhayden@geek.net>
Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:12:30 -0600
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> From: Stephen Sprunk [mailto:stephen@sprunk.org]
[..]
> Common carrier status exists for this very reason. Unfortunately, it
> probably means we'll have to stop filtering things like spam and DoS,
since
> filtering on content inherently violates common carrier protection -- see
> the smut suit against AOL a few years ago.
Come on, don't go lumping DoS and smut into the same basket. You can't be
possibly serious about considering the two to be equals.
In other words, you reasoning is quite flawed the way I see it, and blocking
DoS is indeed legitimate and legally supportable. Excesses are rarely
protected by any legal statutes.
Thanks,
Christian
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