Re: Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Brett Glass <brett () lariat net>
Date: December 1, 2009 10:49:01 PM EST
To: dave () farber net, "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?

Most ISPs have provisions similar to these in their Acceptable Use Policies. A bit of history: they were instituted to 
avoid having all of their subscribers blocked due to a bit of online vigilantism that was once called the "Usenet Death 
Penalty." See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet_Death_Penalty

for more.

--Brett Glass





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