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...similarly argued letters, the universities claimed that as Internet service providers (ISP), their networks acted simply as conduits of information, and they had no legal responsibility for the misuse of their systems...
...doesn't sweep the Internet for key words in text or subject line. Rather, deployed within an Internet service provider network known to be used by a criminal suspect, it searches out unique "authentication strings" - screen name, password, telephone number - that are generated whenever the suspect connects to the ISP. All the e-mails identified by those strings are downloaded to an FBI computer housed in a closed container at the ISP office. When the surveillance is over, the FBI computer returns to the field office. FBI officials say Carnivore is designed to protect the privacy rights of innocent friends...
...benefited from this neutrality. Because regulators breaking up AT&T forced the telephone company to respect e2e neutrality, consumers of telephone service have always had the right to choose the Internet service provider they want, not the ISP the telephone company is pushing. This built an architecture of extraordinary competition among ISPs. AOL, by delivering what consumers want, has prevailed in this competition...
Jonathan L. Zittrain, executive director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at HLS, adds that Harvard is not liable because its role is similar to that of an Internet service provider (ISP...
...major step toward that goal came, last December, when a wave of ISPs began offering completely free access. Today Brazilians can choose from a number of free ISPs, including one, Catolico.com.br owned by a Roman Catholic diocese. Another free ISP, iG.com.br expected a television-ad blitz to bring in 60,000 applicants over three months. Instead, the company got 940,000 in eight weeks. "The consumers were more ready for this than we were," says iG vice president Matinas Suzuki...