[187] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: There are no unrestricted networks.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eliot)
Mon Dec 17 21:07:47 1990
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 90 17:46:31 -0800
From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot)
To: com-priv@psi.com, mnemonic@eff.org
Cc: lear@turbo.bio.net
schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) writes:
>Ahh. I'm with you now, let me try to explain the PSI issues, with a warning
>that this is more of a com-priv@psi.com discussion.
Fine. I'll forward a copy to com-priv.
>The motivation here is to cover the legalities of the NetNews provision
>which is looked upon as an information service. If someone is patentedly
>violating the law of copyright, obscenity, etc.. we need a way to stop
>providing service, otherwise we are liable.
I'm not a lawyer, but I've kept very close track of this particular
issue. Is it that you are trying to police your systems? If you do
police your systems, are you not opening yourselves up for more
liability, rather than less? Do you view yourselves as enhanced
service providers?
Eliot Lear
[lear@turbo.bio.net]
