What is lawful content? [was VZ...]

Fri Feb 27 23:28:11 UTC 2015

I wonder if lawyer sit around all day and argue about CIDR notation

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  Original Message  
From: Jim Richardson
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 7:26 PM
Cc: NANOG list
Subject: Re: What is lawful content? [was VZ...]

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:
> I am not a lawyer (in fact, I Am Not An Isp), but my understanding is this is pretty well settled.
>
> And it is not even weird or esoteric. If the content on the site is against the law in the jurisdiction in question, it is not legal (duh). Otherwise, yes it is, and no ISP gets to decide whether you can see it or not.

Which is the "jurisdiction in question" ? the originating website? the
ISP? the CDN network's corporate home? my home?