Re: ruling: liability for providers who don't act on clients' illegal activities?

[der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org>]

> > A federal jury in California this week levied a total of $32 million
> > in damages from two Internet service providers that knowingly
> > supported Websites that were running illegal operations.

> This is akin to closing down a freaking bank, because they cashed a
> fraudulent check.

More like, because they continued cashing fradulent checks for people
known to have a history of cashing fradulent checks.

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