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Re: S. 314 and existing situation
In article <[email protected]>,
slowdog <[email protected]> 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?
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