In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.950209140130.8757A-100000@chewy.wookie.net>, slowdog <slowdog@wookie.net> wrote:
Hard to tell from this bill what the deal is on this. Common carriers aren;t completely immune from prosecution or lawsuit or whatnot to begin with. But in addition, S.314 introduces "transmit or otherwise make available" into the language of the law. Which makes the -carrier- of the "offending" information responsible.
Interesting point, there. Following from that: Telecoms have bucks. Telecoms have lawyers. Telecoms are the 'transmission' agents for pretty much all of the internet. Even high speed dedicated T1s are usually from a telecom or two. Can we get them involved? -- America - a country so rich and so strong we can reward the lazy and punish the productive and still survive (so far) Know your Constitution (void where prohibited)