[78445] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Utah considers law to mandate ISP's block "harmful" sites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W Gilmore)
Fri Mar 4 11:06:54 2005
In-Reply-To: <42288629.3080502@garlic.com>
Cc: Patrick W Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>
From: Patrick W Gilmore <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:06:28 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Mar 4, 2005, at 11:00 AM, Roy Engehausen wrote:
> You missed a very important line in the article:
>
> "Internet providers in Utah must offer their customers a way to
> disable access to sites on the list or face felony charges."
>
> In other words you must provide a mechanism for a customer to "opt-in"
> to a filter. Doesn't sound illegal to force an ISP to provide a
> feature.
Would "unplug your cable" qualify as a "way to disable access"?
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TTFN,
patrick
