On Thu, 11 Jul 2002, Vinnie Lima wrote: > > "Funny, if you are getting > DOSs'd or Spammed to hell, your ISP won't budge to fix it but, the MPAA > sends one letter and they threaten to cut you (the customer) off." > > Isnt within the ISP's rights to require a SUBPOENA to do any intrusive > action including, but not limited to, shutting off a user's service? Or has > the new Digital Millenium Act supersedes that right? As far as I know, no. If I determine you spammed or DOS'd someone from a DSL or dialup account you pay me for, no, I wouldn't typically demand a subpoena from the complainant. If I'm smart, I will exercise due dilligence in making damned sure that you *did* violate my policies, but checking my own server logs doesn't require a subpoena either. You're thinking of times when someone demands information about a specific subscriber - in that case, unless the service provider is a flaming idiot, they will not give out any info about who the subscriber is, etc., without a subpoena. But the decision to terminate service doesn't require the release of any of your personal information to third parties. **SJS (speaking as a service provider) -- Steve Sobol, CTO JustThe.net LLC, Mentor On The Lake, OH 888.480.4NET - I do my best work with one of my cockatiels sitting on each shoulder - 6/4/02:A USA TODAY poll found that 80% of Catholics advocated a zero-tolerance stance towards abusive priests. The fact that 20% didn't, scares me...
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