On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> reading between the lines: the risk and cost of being sued by one of
> the copyright industry behemoths (who are known to be hyper-aggressive
> litigants) for "contributory infringement" greatly exceeds the risk and
> cost of being sued by an individual for privacy infringement and failure
> to provide the service contracted for.
Legal precedents have already been established o'seas that make it clear
that a carrier/ISP is *not* responsible for content it transmits or hosts.
Rather, the author of the content is responsible. The cases concerned
libel, IIRC.
I would imagine this precedent will feature quite heavily in determining
if a carrier/ISP is responsible for contributory infringement of copyright.
> even if you managed to win a contributory infringement case, the expense
> of fighting it means that you still lose.
>
> yes?
Yup. The law for the rich essentially breaks the poor. Ever thought of
suing Microsoft for breach of duty/care? Even if you eventually won, you'd
be the loser.
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