From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Apr 21 03:16:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id DAA03828 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 03:16:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sand.sentex.ca (sand.sentex.ca [206.222.77.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA03822 for ; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 03:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gravel (gravel.sentex.ca [205.211.165.210]) by sand.sentex.ca (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id GAA01336; Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:20:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970421062113.0250c100@sentex.net> X-Sender: mdtancsa@sentex.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 06:21:13 -0400 To: Blaine Minazzi , isp@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Subject: Re: How many customers read news (was Re: News...) In-Reply-To: <335B0072.2C0D6515@denverweb.net> References: <3.0.1.32.19970420213538.009d6310@sentex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 11:51 PM 4/20/97 -0600, Blaine Minazzi wrote: >> >> Its not my problem... They can read whatever they want as far as I am >> concerned... If its someone in authority demonstrates to me a particular >> post is illegal and should be removed, I will... >> > >You may feel someone can read whatever they want, but if it is illegal, >and it is on your server, it IS your problem. The way that someone in >authority demonstrates somthing is illegal, it is usually in the form of >a warrant, or felony charges. As far as I know, in Ontario, Canada, an ISP is NOT required to go through each and every post to determine and judge whether or not a particular post is illegal or not. I dont have time to do, and I dont think the police or the courts expect me to do it. Sure, you can make reasonable efforts (e.g. not carry alt.pedophilia or alt.binaries.warez.*, which we dont), but I am not going to spend 24hrs a day going through alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.* to make sure each and every post does not depict someone under 18. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *