VirtualLarry
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- Aug 25, 2001
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Reasonable network management consists of: (a) Reasonable practices
employed by a provider of broadband Internet access service to (i)
reduce or mitigate the effects of congestion on its network or to
address quality-of-service concerns; (ii) address traffic that is
unwanted by users or harmful; (iii) prevent the transfer of unlawful
content; or (iv) prevent the unlawful transfer of content; and (b)
other reasonable network management practices.
I understand what the "transfer of unlawful content" means, but what does "the unlawful transfer of content" mean?
Are there scenarios where the transfer of content, that isn't otherwise unlawful, becomes unlawful via the act of transferring? That scares me, it seems to indicate a slippery-slope, if they start to claim that the transferring of certain content (that is otherwise lawful content) becomes unlawful.
This seems like an open invitation to censorship to me. Could that portion have been inspired by WikiLeaks?
employed by a provider of broadband Internet access service to (i)
reduce or mitigate the effects of congestion on its network or to
address quality-of-service concerns; (ii) address traffic that is
unwanted by users or harmful; (iii) prevent the transfer of unlawful
content; or (iv) prevent the unlawful transfer of content; and (b)
other reasonable network management practices.
I understand what the "transfer of unlawful content" means, but what does "the unlawful transfer of content" mean?
Are there scenarios where the transfer of content, that isn't otherwise unlawful, becomes unlawful via the act of transferring? That scares me, it seems to indicate a slippery-slope, if they start to claim that the transferring of certain content (that is otherwise lawful content) becomes unlawful.
This seems like an open invitation to censorship to me. Could that portion have been inspired by WikiLeaks?