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>To uphold the highest standards of integrity, responsible behavior, and ethical conduct in professional activities. (IEEE Code of Ethics) [1] Letting this h
by riedel 3y ago
>To uphold the highest standards of integrity, responsible behavior, and ethical conduct in professional activities. (IEEE Code of Ethics) [1]
Letting this happen IMHO is clearly a breach of IEEE's own rules. This goes against the public and has serious side effects. Nobody with a bit of knowledge on networking (which I hope exists within IEEE) should seriously think that those gateways are hosting the content.
If someone with a role in IEEE reads this they should really stop this rogue firm they contracted before they seriously destroy some part of the internet some people rely on.
[1] https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html#:~:text=To%20treat%20all%20persons%20fairly,and%20to%20avoid%20injuring%20others https://www.ieee.org/about/corporate/governance/p7-8.html#:~....
- pclmulqdq 3y agoThe IEEE has no power to stop people from doing things. It's a professional society, not a licensing/regulatory body.
- soraminazuki 3y agoAs the article and the parent comment makes clear, this was done on behalf of organizations including Elsevier and IEEE. Surely it's within their powers to not pay money to lawyers to do their dirty work?
- thrashh 3y agoCopyright law doesn’t talk about hosting content. It talks about distributing content. And by all means, an exit node is distributing content.