State Super-DMCA Too True

Mon Mar 31 23:12:30 UTC 2003

> From: Stephen Sprunk [mailto:stephen at sprunk.org]
[..]
> Common carrier status exists for this very reason.  Unfortunately, it
> probably means we'll have to stop filtering things like spam and DoS,
since
> filtering on content inherently violates common carrier protection -- see
> the smut suit against AOL a few years ago.

Come on, don't go lumping DoS and smut into the same basket.  You can't be
possibly serious about considering the two to be equals.

In other words, you reasoning is quite flawed the way I see it, and blocking
DoS is indeed legitimate and legally supportable.  Excesses are rarely
protected by any legal statutes.

Thanks,
Christian

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