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alchemy@interlog.com (Morton Goldmacher) wrote:

>mjlevy@delete_this.interlog.com (Michael Levy) wrote:


>>Since you are a lawyer, what is your comment on the viewpoint that the ISP
>>is actually only one step in the continuous transport of data from one
>>user's computer to another. 

>>The ISP is in fact only offering a transportation system like the telcos
>>and that the users are the only creators, modifiers of the content being
>>transported. ISP's only hold (not review, modify nor create it) this data
>>for a finite period of time so that the receiving user can get the senders
>>input.... because unlike telephones they are not direct connections between
>>users.

>Whether they are holding the offensive material or merely transporting
>it is irrelevent.  They are providing a service which may be used for
>propogating illegal obscenities.  If they recklessly by facilitate the
>propogation of illegaly pornography they are guilty of being a party
>to the offence.

That's bull. It that was the case, then the TELCOs would fall under
the same headings as it is very possible, and bloddy likely that some
users will connect directly to each other and exchange the obcene
data. Is the TELCO then responsible for the data transmitted on their
systems? No? then ISP's provide the same functions but under different
time-frames (Eg. instead of being transient, the information is stored
for a finite amount of time.)

Sheesh!

Alain