From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Dec 26 14:00:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA06898 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 14:00:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c079.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.89]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA06889 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 14:00:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.9.1/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA50522; Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:59:22 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Phillip Salzman cc: Casper , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: BESS internet filtering In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 26 Dec 1998 15:43:52 CST." Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1998 16:59:22 -0500 Message-ID: <50518.914709562@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Phillip Salzman wrote in message ID : > 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