[ExI] Taking AI to the Next Level - The First Conference on AGI

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-----Original Message-----
From: Harvey Newstrom <mail at harveynewstrom.com>










On Sunday 24 February 2008 01:57, spike wrote:
>> I googled on the case and found Keith was referring to one I read about at
>> the time.  City of Memphis employees found they could download pornography
>> off of the internet.  Pornography that was illegal in that particular
>> district!  Therefore the owner of that bulletin boardwas legally liable.
>
>We're fighting the same battle today.  The government is trying to make ISPs 
>responsible to stop porn and copyright violations from being transmitted on 
>the Internet.  They want every ISP to spy on the activities of their users 
>and report.


This makes about as much legal sense as making road builders responsible for speeding motorists.
Perhaps they will try that one next?

Alex






 


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