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somebody wrote:
>> But you don't have any good reason for saying that, right?
> Fundamental free market principles is an excellent reason, IMO.
And if there were a free market in ISPs, I'd agree with you. I don't think
that's the case, tho.
> I think they should try to filter out illegal content anyway. But if
> legislated, it would have to be legislated in a manner not to make
> perfection a requirement.
Why? *My* downloads of content have to be perfect. How come the ISP would
get a free pass on sending me child porn, but I wouldn't have a free pass on
having it by mistake?
If you start saying "The ISP filters illegal content", people will rely on that.
> The legislation, if anything, should protect ISPs
> from liability for trying to filter out illegal content but not entirely
> succeeding (either false positives or false negatives). Same thing with spam
> filters too.
Why?
> Do you run an anti-virus program?
Nope.
> Are they liable for not being able to
> catch new viruses that are not in their databases?
Possibly.
> Are they liable for
> misidentifying a benign application as malware?
Possibly.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!
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