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

[Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Rob Thompson<my.security.lists () gmail com>
wrote:
> Paul Ferguson wrote:

> > I suppose you think that's bullshit, too?
>
> Yes, I do.  It's a hand bag.  If someone is at risk of personal injury
> or death because a hand bag was sold illegally, then I guess I stand
> corrected.
>
> Otherwise, we'll have to agree to disagree.
>
> I'm not saying that the ISP (if they _really_ did know - and the proof
> wasn't given - so I am skeptical) couldn't have done something about it.
>  But to make another one of these half-assed laws, when is enough
> enough?  If the ISP were mine, I would have removed it, on my own
> accord...but not because of yet another unnecessary law.
>
> The right way to do it, don't buy the counterfeit goods.  If there is no
>  money in it, no one will do it.  There are other, better ways, than
> this.

Okay, a better question -- how do you feel if it's truly a criminal
enterprise (e.g. click fraud, DNS Changer malware, credential stealing
malware, credit card theft/trafficking, child porn, et al.)?

Are you familiar with Atrivo/Intercage, McColo, and Cernel? Russkrainain
criminal activity right here in the Good Ole U.S. of A,?

What's you position on that?

- - ferg

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