ISPs petition the SPA (fwd)

Josef Sachs (sachs@cyb.org)
Fri, 22 Nov 1996 11:50:59 -0500 (EST)

The following was posted to the NANOG (North American Network Operators Group)
mailing list.

>Subject: ISPs petition the SPA
>From: simona@vtw.org (Simona Nass)
>
>There's been discussion on this list of the Software Publishers
>Association's harsh and untenable stance regarding liability for
>Internet Service Providers. The SPA advocates liability for ISPs even
>when it is the ISP's customer who has the alleged copyright-infringing
>materials on their web pages; or, worse yet, in cases where it's merely
>a link to materials said to violate copyright.
>
>ISPs who are concerned about the SPA's position are invited to sign onto
>a letter to the SPA urging them to reconsider this misguided policy. The
>text of the letter is available at:
> http://www.vtw.org/copyright/show.cgi?file=spaltr.html
>and anyone interested can sign on there.
>
>I am sending this separately to both nanog and inet-access so people don't
>end up unintentionally posting to a list they don't subscribe to. -S.
>-----
>Simona Nass
>simona@vtw.org
>Voters Telecomm Watch