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Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers
From: "Eric M. Carroll" <ecarroll () rogers wave ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:35:37 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
That was beaten to death many years ago. Nobody with a half neuron will argue for filtering or removal of those newsgroups on a large scale (now, i contend that a teeny weeny ISP can get away with it, but for large ISPs it just doesn't work). The reason is very simple: the objectionable content will simply move to "legitimate" newsgroups. There is no way to prevent it.
Vadim, This may be true in the US, but if you are in Canada, you must prune these groups, particularly the kiddie porn, regardless of migration of content or any other technical issue. And if customers complain, you must act on them, instead of claiming some non-publisher status. I have been in way more legal briefings than I care to admit on this issue, and its a done deal here in Canada. If you do not act, as some smaller ISPs have not, you are law enforcement cannon fodder. Kiddie porn busts make the major networks' national news here, particularly when the Internet is involved. Eric Carroll eric.carroll () acm org Tekton Internet Associates
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- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers, (continued)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Phil Lawlor (Nov 14)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Gary E. Miller (Nov 14)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Alan Barrett (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Karl Denninger (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Joe Shaw (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Karl Denninger (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Michael Dillon (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Vadim Antonov (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Karl Denninger (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers david (Nov 18)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Eric M. Carroll (Nov 17)
- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Stan Hanks (Nov 17)
- Re: Legal Issues on Blackholeing (was AGIS signing up New Spamme Paul Flores (Nov 17)
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- Re: Legal Issues on Blackholeing Curtis Brown (Nov 17)
- Re: Legal Issues on Blackholeing Eric Sobocinski (Nov 17)
- Re: Legal Issues on Blackholeing (was AGIS signing up New Spamme Stan Hanks (Nov 17)
- Re: Legal Issues on Blackholeing (was AGIS signing up New Spamme Henry Linneweh (Nov 17)
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- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Jay R. Ashworth (Nov 17)
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- Re: AGIS Signing up New Spammers Jay R. Ashworth (Nov 21)