[118922] in Cypherpunks
Re: IP: Net users must prepare for Big Brother (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Olsen)
Sun Oct 10 16:36:28 1999
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:18:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan Olsen <alan@clueserver.org>
To: cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Jim Choate wrote:
> So, what is the legal definition of an ISP? Would somebody who simply
> operates a system that one or more persons uses qualify or must the intent
> be to obtain funds for access?
And what if you are your own ISP? I see a number of problems legally with
requiring someone to keep incriminating details about themselves as a part
of businesses.
Also, will this require keeping a mirror of a person's mail spool? That
could get quite expensive for thos of us on many, many mailing lists.
Sounds like they have compiled a wish list, are trying to get it made into
a law and then hand it over to the ISPs and say "you make this idea work
for us".
The net will soon fall to micro management...
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