You're referring to the DMCAs safe harbor provision. -brandon
On 6/24/09, Steven M. Bellovin <s...@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:48:58 -0400 > Andrew D Kirch <trel...@trelane.net> wrote: > >> Richard A Steenbergen wrote: >> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:43:15PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote: >> > >> >> sadly, naively turning up tor to help folk who wish to be >> >> anonymous in hard times gets one a lot of assertive email from >> >> self-important people who wear formal clothes. >> >> >> >> folk who learn this the hard way may find a pointer passed to me >> >> by smb helpful, <http://www.chrisbrunner.com/?p=119>. >> >> >> > >> > If bittorrent of copyrighted material is the most illegal thing you >> > helped facilitate while running tor, and all you got was an >> > assertive e-mail because of it, you should consider yourself >> > extremely lucky. >> > >> > Anonymity against privacy invasion and for political causes sure >> > sounds like a great concept, but in reality it presents too >> > tempting a target for abuse. If you choose to open up your internet >> > connection to anyone who wants to use it, you should be prepared to >> > be held accountable for what those anonymous people do with it. I'm >> > sure you don't just sell transit to any spammer who comes along >> > without researching them a little first, why should this be any >> > different. >> You might also consider asserting your right to common carrier >> immunity under 47USC230. >> > OK -- I looked at that part of the US Code > (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/230.html). Apart from the fact > that the phrase "common carrier" does not occur in that section, > subparagraph (f)(2) says: > > Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or expand > any law pertaining to intellectual property. > > Perhaps you're referring to the law exempting ISPs from liability for > user-created content? (I don't have the citation handy.) If so, > remember that that law requires response to take-down notices. > > > --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > -- Brandon Galbraith Mobile: 630.400.6992 FNAL: 630.840.2141
