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So by that same reasoning, maybe the ISPs should all block access to this content, since it is via their service that the content is actually delivered?
by kamjam 14y ago
So by that same reasoning, maybe the ISPs should all block access to this content, since it is via their service that the content is actually delivered?
- rayiner 14y agoISP's have a special status as common carriers. Not everything reduces to the ISP scenario. It's just how the owners of a private toll road don't have any responsibility if drugs are shipped over them, but the owners of a shop where drugs are being sold out of do. I'm not saying that you should be able to hold hosting providers liable for content they aren't aware of. I'm saying that hosting providers have a right to control the content that they host, and at the same time if they know about illegal content they have an obligation to address the problem.
- kamjam 14y agoBut at this point the content has not been deemed illegal, no court has ruled as such. So the hosting provider has no obligation to remove it, doesn't matter how immoral it actually is.