[860] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Carrier Liability Legislation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell Kapor)
Wed Jun 19 12:50:15 1991
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 91 11:29:16 -0400
To: com-priv@uu.psi.com
From: mkapor@eff.org (Mitchell Kapor)
Will@cup.portal.com writes:
>Maybe the point to make is that internet providers need the
>protections afforded to common carriers without the government
>regulation and licensing that usually results in a large
>barrier-to-entry into a market?
Exactly. While it is theoretically possible to provide laibility
protection using a common carrier mechanism without creating substantial
regulatory overhead, in practice it is unlikely. The proposal under
consideration avoids even the term "common carrier" for this reason.
