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Robb
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Re: The new TOS
said by EPS  :...it is a violation of the Agreement and this AUP to: ... (e) post off-topic information on message boards, chat rooms or social networking sites;... It is traditional that the "upstream" from an end-point is asked to enforce repeated and disruptive violations of netiquette.
This has been in AUPs for more than 10-15 years. It has its birth in usenet spam and disruptive behavior. It has nothing to do with someone posting "oh by the way, Happy Birthday" in a forum about photography.
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| Hm, that is a good point- I have been involved with the operation of message boards, and it isn't uncommon to report the worst offenders to the ISP (if we can figure out who it is based on IP address, which we usually can for broadband ISPs), I suppose this is just one of those clauses that the ISP can use to justify sanctioning these people.
Though it still sounds silly at first glance. |
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