Monday, January 08, 2007

ISPs as Enemies of Free Speech

You can't rely on your Internet Service Provider. Whether what you post is right or wrong, if your ISP comes under any sort of attack over something you have written, you are toast. Take this report. A blogger had posted audio files of radio broadcasts he was critical of. The radio bosses sent his ISP a letter claiming that the posting was illegal -- a breach of copyright law. The blogger said that the files were fair use under copyright law. So was the matter tested in court? No way! After just a few days, the ISP deleted the site! End of story. No free speech for that guy, right or wrong.

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