17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Bob Izenberg says:
Perry E. Metzger wrote:
# They take NO risk. They are common carriers if they stop censoring # their mail.
Not long after I moved here, I had a discussion with a local lawyer on common carrier status. Take my recollections for what they're worth after three years rattling around in the head of a non-attorney. One doesn't become a common carrier by virtue of personal policy. It's a label that must be applied for with the local communications regulatory authority (public utilities commission or what have you.)
Mike Godwin will have to confirm this, but to my knowledge Common Carrier is NOT a status you have to apply for. UUNET operates as a common carrier and has never registered with anyone. Perry