[85322] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Regulatory intervention
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Vierling)
Fri Oct 7 13:34:10 2005
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 13:32:02 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
To: Erik Haagsman <erik@we-dare.net>
Cc: Ross Hosman <rosshosman@yahoo.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <1128698760.14956.6.camel@pcp.we-dare.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Erik Haagsman wrote:
> > Google will also push for laws that make ISPs and intermediaries liable for
> > the content contained on their servers. Google just indexes the information,
> > the search engine argued, and feels it is not its place to censor
> > information contained throughout the Web.
> Ahhh....they feel they shouldn't sensor, and there I was thinking that
> was Google's task in life. Very generous and what a great idea for new
> laws that firmly put the blame on anyone but Google.
That wasn't my reason for citing it. Neither Google *nor* intermediaries
should be responsible for illegal content -- to them, it's just bits moving.
The only responsibility that *either* one should bear is the ability to
provide an audit trail to the real culprit, no more.
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-- Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org> <tv@pobox.com> <todd@vierling.name>
