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Winston Smith · 04-04-2008, 09:23

Just read an article on the BBC news website about the proposed threes strikes on p2p, under the 'See Also' was this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7246403.stm. What was interesting was the following quote:

"A spokesman for the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) said the 2002 E-Commerce Regulations defined net firms as "mere conduits" and not responsible for the contents of the traffic flowing across their networks.

He added that other laws on surveillance explicitly prohibited ISPs from inspecting the contents of data packets unless forced to do so by a warrant."

The obvious question then is what has changed since the 15th February to make this now legal?

04-04-2008, 09:23	#2189
Winston Smith Inactive Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 32	Re: Virgin Media Phorm Webwise Adverts [Updated: See Post No. 1, 77, 102 & 797] Just read an article on the BBC news website about the proposed threes strikes on p2p, under the 'See Also' was this http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7246403.stm. What was interesting was the following quote: "A spokesman for the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) said the 2002 E-Commerce Regulations defined net firms as "mere conduits" and not responsible for the contents of the traffic flowing across their networks. He added that other laws on surveillance explicitly prohibited ISPs from inspecting the contents of data packets unless forced to do so by a warrant." The obvious question then is what has changed since the 15th February to make this now legal?