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RE: State Super-DMCA Too True


From: "Kuhtz, Christian" <christian.kuhtz () bellsouth com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:12:30 -0600


From: Stephen Sprunk [mailto:stephen () sprunk org]
[..]
Common carrier status exists for this very reason.  Unfortunately, it
probably means we'll have to stop filtering things like spam and DoS,
since
filtering on content inherently violates common carrier protection -- see
the smut suit against AOL a few years ago.

Come on, don't go lumping DoS and smut into the same basket.  You can't be
possibly serious about considering the two to be equals.

In other words, you reasoning is quite flawed the way I see it, and blocking
DoS is indeed legitimate and legally supportable.  Excesses are rarely
protected by any legal statutes.

Thanks,
Christian



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