G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
Schenectady, NY
| reply to TKJunkMail
Re: ISP's can filter anything they want
*sigh*
If they are filtering, then they are NOT AN ISP. Period.
ISP = "Internet Service Provider". By defition, if you are an internet service provider, you give me an IP address, and I can go where I want. If you filter sites, then you are a Limited Filtered Web Access Provider.
What Telus is doing is showing the world they are NOT AN ISP. That means they have ZERO legal protection from someone suing them for copyright infringement, hacking, identity theft, etc. Granted, they can do the filtering (probably a marketing doofuses idea), but by showing the world they CAN and WILL block a site, what's to stop ANYONE from suing them to block any other site. Slippery slope indeed.
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badisp
@sprintbbd.net
| Ya, I agree.
Even if I did not care about the Union or even like the Union at all. If I was a customer I would be thinking to myself, "what site are they going to block next or in the future"?
What right does a ISP have to deceide what website it is ok or not ok for me to view?
Very bad move.... |
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WhyADuck
Premium
join:2003-03-05
| reply to G_Poobah
Finally someone gets it! The question is, do ISP's want to be a "common carrier", which basically passes along the data and makes not attempt to inspect or filter it, or do they want to hold themselves out as being able and willing to block any site at will? If the latter, then they should not be surprised if organizations like the RIAA and the MPAA demand that they start blocking access to certain sites. Also, given Canada's "hate speech" laws, I would not be at all surprised if the government presents its own list of sites it wants banned. Pretty soon Canadians (at least those in Telus territory) will have to find proxies in other countries if they want to be able to surf the entire Web.
It seems to me like Telus is opening themselves up to considerable legal difficulties with their actions. That's not to mention the increased problems they are likely to have with their union because of this - after all, by this action they are showing that they do not believe in fair play, and such actions are likely to further any spirit of mistrust between the parties. |
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badisp
@sprintbbd.net | Very well said. This could create some serious backlash like that. |
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