ISPs now responsible for Pirated Material

--- begin forwarded text X-Authentication-Warning: lpma.la-ma.org: majordom set sender to owner-general@la-ma.org using -f X-Sender: dkrick@pobox3.bbn.com Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 07:29:38 -0500 To: general@la-ma.org From: Doug Krick Subject: ISPs now responsible for Pirated Material Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-general@la-ma.org Precedence: bulk http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28357,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh Summary: IF a local ISP doesn't register with the goverment, per a new law Clinton signed this week, the ISP can be held legally responsible for any pirated material that may be on their site. Doug --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism http://www.philodox.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'