[78744] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Utah governor signs Net-porn bill
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Irving)
Tue Mar 22 12:30:11 2005
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:25:16 -0500
From: Richard Irving <rirving@antient.org>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
Cc: Roy <garlic@garlic.com>,
"Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg@netzero.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0503220914510.7546@paixhost.pch.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Bill Woodcock wrote:
> > The measure, SB 260, says: "Upon request by a consumer, a service provider
> > may not transmit material from a content provider site listed on the adult
> > content registry."
> >
> > Its entirely voluntary on the part of the consumer.
>
> It's also voluntary on the part of the service provider.
What !?! Surely you Jest!
So, it is voluntary on _both_ sides, _and_
it was made into a _law_ ?
Can anyone confirm this ?
> Of course no
> one would be so foolish as to try to legislate the operation of the
> Internet without having read RFC 2119, and anyone familiar with that
> document would understand the difference between "MAY not" and "MUST NOT".
>
> :-)
>
> -Bill
