Re: ruling: liability for providers who don't act on clients' illegal activities?

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org>]

> Do we expect ATT/Verizon/etc. to stop phone service for fraudulent
> sales pitches for these same handbags?

Phone companies _are_ different.  They're common carriers.  This gives
them a lot of immunities (eg, the above exmaple), but it also gives
them a corresponding lot of shackles.

The consensus I've seen whenever it's been discussed is that we (FWVO
"we") do _not_ want ISPs to become common carriers.

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