[IP] BBC: Net firms reject monitoring role

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Askwith, Bob" <R.J.Askwith@ljmu.ac.uk>
Date: February 15, 2008 10:10:06 AM EST
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Subject: BBC: Net firms reject monitoring role

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7246403.stm

Net firms reject monitoring role
By Mark Ward, Technology Correspondent, BBC News website

UK net firms are resisting government suggestions that they should do  
more to monitor what customers do online.

The industry association for net providers said legal and technical  
barriers prohibit them from being anything other than a "mere conduit".

The declaration comes as the government floats the idea of persistent  
pirates being denied net access.

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