Re: [dvd-discuss] EFF opposes blacklisting spammers

["D. C. Sessions" <dcs(at)lumbercartel.com>]

On Wednesday 24 October 2001 14:29, you wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Dean Sanchez wrote:
> > Of course this analogy doesn't hold up because ISPs are not yet
> > recognized as public utilities.
> 
> Network Service Providers and many ISPs qualify as common carriers for
> most transactions.

There is not one ISP in the USA which is a common carrier.
Common-carrier  status is not something that just happens;
it results from explicit action.

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