Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:59:22 -0500 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> Cc: Casper <casper@acc.am>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BESS internet filtering Message-ID: <50518.914709562@gjp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:43:52 CST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812261539420.5027-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
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Phillip Salzman wrote in message ID <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812261539420.5027-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>: > I was mostly interested if someone knows about the legal status > of doing something like this. Will we lose our carrier status > as an ISP, and become provider of internet content? Have you ISPs have never had Common Carrier Status in the United States. CC Status needs to be assigned by Congress. However, I suggest you read parts of the first CDA (especially the bits which didn't get overturned) as I believe they have some relevance to this. > ever heard of someone being sued due to finding pornography > when it was supposed to be filtered (even though we will say > "This does not entirely remove..."), etc. The only *real* way to totally filter content is to use `allow' lists, rather than exclude lists. I personally don't think that content filtering is the job of the ISP, with or without disclaimers. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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