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Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right"
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 00:41:54 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "Hank Nussbacher" <hank () efes iucc ac il>
On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, Jimmy Hess wrote:On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:11 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote: Well, the operational concern is...that if you config an ACL you might be accused and brought to trial for crimes against humanity.
Now *this* is a valid, on-topic issue for this list. Does your employer have written protocols concerning what should be done and who is responsible when orders are given? This is *not* the Nuremberg trials; Martinez-Baker is probably the controlling case, though IANAL. So that we're clear, though, my interpretation of the original directive is that it forbids *member governments* from cutting off Internet access, and I don't know that it got into enough detail to suggest that this applied at the tactical, rather than strategic level. If I were running an ISP or IAP, you can bet I'd have a better answer than that, though, and your employer should too -- If a CxO hasn't talked to a General Counsel since that press release came out, then someone's falling down on the job. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274
Current thread:
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right", (continued)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Bryan Fields (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" John Peach (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Bryan Fields (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Bryan Fields (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Valdis . Kletnieks (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Andrew D Kirch (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Jimmy Hess (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Andrew Kirch (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" George Herbert (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Hank Nussbacher (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Jay Ashworth (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" John Peach (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Bryan Fields (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Andrew D Kirch (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Jay Ashworth (Jun 06)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" JC Dill (Jun 05)
- Re: (OT) UN declares Internet access a "human right" Joly MacFie (Jun 06)