Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>]

On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 08:56:39AM -0600, Joe Shaw wrote:
> [ ... ]                    A lot of us have gotten by on the premise that
> we are not content providers, but service providers who can't control what
> our customers see or do, and that there is illegal material out there that
> we are not liable for.  I think that once we start making decisions
> about what content we allow, then we are setting ourselves up to be liable
> for what gets through.  Just think, responsibility for porn, warez,
> hatespeech, harassment, etc.  Could this actually be used in a court of
> law?  Although this is on the fringe of Network Operations as a whole, I
> think it is a valid issue to be discussed on a Network Operators list
> because blocking SPAM/UCE is an operational decision which might carry
> some interesting legal dilemas with it.

No one will want to hear me point this out... but this is precisely the
point ol' Rotundo makes in his editorial this month... and Stratton
Oakmont suggests strongly that your perception may well be correct,
Joe.

Cheers,
-- jra
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