[AusNOG] UK ISP's told to block P2P

[Christopher Pollock]

Yeah, how terrifying - to be personally named in a law suit for doing your
job.  I suppose there's a lesson here about potentially having to say 'no'
when asked to do things you feel may be questionably legal.  I wonder how
one could protect one's self if they were unsure as to the legality.

Any lawyers got an opinion on how much, if any, precedent that case may be
able to provide to TPB?  My personal opinion would be not much - while TPB
certainly knows it's linking to places off-site you can get illegal
content, but doesn't actively maintain any of the infrastructure used to
provide it and has no control over it.  We learned a lot from MegaUpload..

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On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com>wrote:

>  You’re right Chris.  Also that employees that administered the site were
> individually named in the lawsuit too.
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> *From:* ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Pollock
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 May 2012 2:05 PM
> *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
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> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] UK ISP's told to block P2P
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> IIRC, that one was a little more hairy than that article would have you
> believe.  The argument wasn't just that Comcen was the hosting provider, it
> was that they had a relationship that extended beyond what you would
> normally expect from an ISP / customer.
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> http://www.zdnet.com.au/comcen-not-concerned-with-clients-web-site-content-139180682.htm
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> The case largely hinged around that:
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> A) Comcen had administered the site
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> B) had been aware of the content
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> C) had provided the hosting for free in exchange for free advertising.
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> This wasn't regular old providing of service to someone who used it for
> something illegal, they alleged that Comcen were actively involved in it.
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> Christopher Pollock,
> io Networks Pty Ltd.
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> e. chris at ionetworks.com.au
> p. 1300 1 2 4 8 16
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> d. 07 3188 7588
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> m. 0410 747 765
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> skype: christopherpollock
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> twitter.com/chrisionetworks
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> http://www.ionetworks.com.au
> In-house, Outsourced.
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>  On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Bevan Slattery <Bevan.Slattery at nextdc.com>
> wrote:
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> *From:* ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:
> ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Nicholas Meredith
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:07 PM
> *To:* Darren Ward (darrward)
> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
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> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] UK ISP's told to block P2P
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> I really don't understand how a directory service can be held responsible
> for the bad actions of one or more of it's listings.  It's just a phone
> book for torrents, both good and bad, what nonsense.
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> Perhaps you should read this then.  Do a search for Comcen mp3s4free.netetc..
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> http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2004/02/13/isp-staff-face-mp3-lawsuit-39146188/
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> Bit of a global precedent set here in Australia
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