Re: [cobalt-users] OT : Webhosting Coalition

[Larry Smith <lesmith@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 07 December 2002 06:34 pm, Thom LaCosta wrote:
> Some day someone with a vested interest will take actionin court...they
> can't find SPEWS, but they could sue the ISP blocking them.
>
> It would be very interesting hearing the ISP testifiy that he's willing to
> block mail and interfere in business based on claims made by an anonymous
> group.

<rant>
Not to "start" something, but last time I looked, ISP was not listed as a 
"public" utility or regulated as such.  Being one (an ISP that is), I have 
the "right" to accept - or deny mail from any source I desire to "my" servers 
(which I do happen to own myself).  And no, I don't use spews itself, but 
when I hear/see statements like this - "interfere in business" - I think of 
Benjamin Franklins statement - your freedom ends where my nose starts.  Your 
business has no inherent "claims" to my server space or bandwidth.  Like the 
"net" itself, it is kept going by mutual "good-will" - when spam invades my 
space and breaches that "good-will" association I have every right to block 
it - and the servers / systems that transport it to me/my systems
</rant>

And no, this is not directed at you or anyone else in particular.

-- 
Larry Smith
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