approve;0911 re Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti () gmail com>
> Date: December 1, 2009 5:57:23 PM EST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Fwd: [IP] Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?

> woops sent too early.
>
> anyway the TOS before includes this gem
>
> "The license shall include, without limitation, the irrevocable  
> right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, combine with other  
> works, alter, translate, distribute copies, display, perform,  
> license the Materials, and all rights therein, in the name of  
> Verizon, or its designees throughout the universe in perpetuity in  
> any and all media now or hereafter known."
>
> but is otherwise ordinary and includes this off-topic reference
>
> Discussions that veer off topic, are unrelated to resolving the  
> issue at hand, or abuse any company or product.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Edward Vielmetti <edward.vielmetti () gmail com>
> Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [IP] Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> Dave -
>
> If it's possible for this to make sense, it could make sense in
> the context of Verizon's own message boards;
>
> http://forums.verizon.com/
>
> which has terms of service
>
> http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Terms-of-Service-and-User/Verizon-Community-Terms-of-Service/td-p/2
>
> which at a glance look
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Dave Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
> If this is accurate, it is outragious. djf
>
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> > Date: December 1, 2009 3:34:38 PM EST
> > To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> > Subject: [ NNSquad ]  Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?
>
> > Verizon FiOS to police off-topic postings?
> >
> > Slashdot notes an "interesting" (indeed!) change made yesterday to  
> > the
> > FiOS Acceptable Use Policy, prohibiting "post[ing] off-topic
> > information on message boards, chat rooms or social networking  
> > sites."
> >
> > Say what?  Is this a case of a Verizon lawyer with too much time on
> > his or her hands?  Or does Verizon now intend to police, prosecute,
> > terminate, or otherwise flog and punish users for "irrelevance" in
> > postings that users make on sites completely unaffiliated with
> > Verizon?
> >
> > Verizon appears to have elevated simple "off-topic" postings  
> > (whatever
> > that really means!) to the same level as DDoS attacks, Trojans, spam,
> > and libel.
> >
> > Exactly who is going to determine which "offenders" rise to a level
> > suitable for Verizon to slam down the AUP hammer?  Or maybe it's
> > really an excuse to provide a new conduit for providing users' IP
> > address information to sites that are upset about particular  
> > postings?
> >
> > ISPs should be delivering bits, not playing "off-topic" content cop
> > enforcers.
> >
> > http://bit.ly/6LScLw  (Slashdot)
> >
> > --Lauren--
> > NNSquad Moderator
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