----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob McEwen" <r...@invaluement.com>
> (C) The fact that the Internet is a series of PRIVATE networks... NOT > owned/operated by the Feds... is a large reason why the 4th amendment > provides such protections... it becomes somewhat of a "firewall" of > protection against Federal gov't trampling of civil liberties... but > if they own the network, then that opens up many doors for them. Regular readers know that I'm really big on municipally owned fiber networks (at layer 1 or 2)... but I'm also a big constitutionalist (on the first, second, fourth, and fifth, particularly), and this is the first really good counter-argument I've seen, and it honestly hadn't occurred to me. Rob, anyone, does anyone know if any 4th amendment case law exists on muni- owned networks? Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
