On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 1:06 PM Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. <amitch...@isipp.com> wrote: > > On Apr 25, 2019, at 1:41 PM, Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote: > > > > It seems like just another example of liability shifting/shielding. I'll defer to Actual Lawyers obviously, but the way I see it, Packetstream doesn't have any contractual or business relationship with my ISP. I do. If I sell them my bandwidth, and my ISP decides to take action, they come after me, not Packetstream. I can plead all I want about how I was just running "someone else's software" , but that isn't gonna hold up, since I am responsible for what is running on my home network, knowingly or unknowingly. > > And *that* is *exactly* my concern. Because those users...('you' in this example)...they have *no idea* it is causing them to violate their ToS/AUP with their provider.
If you put your apartment on airbnb without knowing whether subletting is against the terms of your lease... well, there's just no cure for stupid. > Anne P. Mitchell, > Attorney at Law > GDPR, CCPA (CA) & CCDPA (CO) Compliance Consultant > Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law) > Legislative Consultant > CEO/President, Institute for Social Internet Public Policy > Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange > Board of Directors, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop > Legal Counsel: The CyberGreen Institute > Former Counsel: Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) > California Bar Association > Cal. Bar Cyberspace Law Committee > Colorado Cyber Committee > Ret. Professor of Law, Lincoln Law School of San Jose > Ret. Chair, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop That is an obnoxious signature block. Just sayin'. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>