Criminal Jusctice and Police bill

[Roland Perry]

In article <3.0.2.32.20010209171103.006cc960@10.0.0.254>, Donald
ramsbottom <donald@ramsbottom.co.uk> writes
>I think that any ISP who carries the Alt.binaries.......... etc newsgroups
>must "know" what there contents are (even if not specifics in general
>terms), there is just the slightest possibility that
>alt.binaries.erotica.hamsters.ducttape....... may be illegal        :)

The latest EU view on "Actual Knowledge" (interesting for Electronic
Commerce Article, erm, 13ish on Hosting) is that you need official
confirmation of each infringement from something almost as good as a
court. In the short term, the IWF will do. You should read the IWF's
discussion paper on "banning newsgroups by name" for all the arguments
on both sides as to whether that strategy is a good idea or not.

>We all know that electronic pictures count just as much as 7 by 8 glossy
>prints, the only question is whether the data bitstream counts, until RIPA,
>I'd have said not, but you never know how these things will be interpretted
>in the future.

Huh? They've been counted as pictures under UK law for years.
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