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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740084618-08112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Spam and virus filters implemented by ISPs are a necessary
evil. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=740084618-08112007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>In some sense they contradict the principle but in the case
of viruses are clearly justified as crime protection and are not discriminatory;
spam is more difficult issue in that there is always a risk of false
positives and there is not always a clear definition of what is spam.
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<P><FONT size=2>Milton Mueller, Professor<BR>Syracuse University<BR>School of
Information Studies<BR>------------------------------<BR>Internet Governance
Project:<BR><A
href="http://internetgovernance.org/">http://internetgovernance.org</A><BR>------------------------------<BR>The
Convergence Center:<BR><A
href="http://www.digitalconvergence.org/">http://www.digitalconvergence.org</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ldmisekfalkoff.2@gmail.com
[mailto:ldmisekfalkoff.2@gmail.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>linda
misek-falkoff<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 08, 2007 11:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
governance@lists.cpsr.org; Milton L Mueller<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [governance]
IGP Alert: "Net Neutrality as Global Principle for Internet
Governance"<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Educational. Query, on a third hand ...</DIV>
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<DIV>Do multiple spam filters on intermediary systems which whittle away at the
corpus of delivered messages fall on the ok or not-ok side? (Please
reconstrue in any more apt terms).</DIV>
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<DIV>Best wishes, Linda D. Misek-Falkoff</DIV>
<DIV>*Respectful Interfaces*.<BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 11/8/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Milton L
Mueller</B> <<A href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu">mueller@syr.edu</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: Vittorio Bertola [mailto:<A
href="mailto:vb@bertola.eu"> vb@bertola.eu</A>]<BR>> I am just afraid of
the idea of collapsing the battle for network<BR>> neutrality with the
battle for a sort of "global online first amendment"<BR>> that says that
nothing should be censored ever. It's not democracy <BR><BR>A "two-handed"
answer for you, Vittorio.<BR><BR>On the one hand a NN policy, as Dan and I
have noted repeatedly, does not make it impossible to declare certain kinds of
content illegal, and to prosecute those responsible for creating, publishing
or using/possessing it. A NN policy also does not prevent families from
installing filters on their own terminal devices and for private web sites to
refuse to carry certain kinds of content. <BR><BR>On the other hand NN does
militate against systematic use of the network intermediary (either
state-mandated blocking or private vertical integration) to implement content
regulation goals. It also would shift the burden of proof against states that
attempt to disguise trade discrimination in digital content as "public order"
mandated censorship. In some cases it means that content people don't like
will be accessible. (Not that it isn't already.) <BR><BR>As for "breaking the
front," I see no "front" to be broken. Free expression advocacy and NN
advocacy are linked closely. No, a global NN principle does not necessarily
mean a global US-style first amendment, but if you're not already pretty far
along on the left side of the free expression spectrum it's hard to understand
why you'd be interested in a NN policy. What does it accomplish for you If not
a liberalization on the constraints on internet expression and interaction?
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