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Do ISPs' Policies Really Not Allow Them to Monitor E-mail?
Posted by Rebecca Bolin on Thursday, July 08 @ 14:50:41 EDT
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Isenberg writes "In an article about the U.S. v. Councilman decision, The New York Times wrote: "Because most major Internet providers have explicit policies against reading their customers' e-mail messages, the ruling would seem to have little effect on most people."

I wanted to see whether this was really true, so I went looking for these "explicit policies" at the big three ISPs in the United States -- AOL, MSN and EarthLink -- and I have my doubts. Read my findings in the GigaLaw.com blog entry, "Do ISPs' Policies Allow Them to Monitor E-mail?" at http://www.gigalaw.com/2004/07/do-isps-policies-allow-them-to-monitor.html

(RB) If ISP policies don't block monitoring, and now the Wiretap Act doesn't either, what is left?"

 
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Re: Do ISPs' Policies Really Not Allow Them to Monitor E-mail? (Score: 1)
by Ernest_Miller on Thursday, July 08 @ 22:10:58 EDT
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.corante.com/importance/
How about copyright? E-Mail Wiretap Decision: Out of the Wiretap Frying Pan, Into the Copyright Fire [www.corante.com]


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Re: Do ISPs' Policies Really Not Allow Them to Monitor E-mail? (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, July 08 @ 23:09:25 EDT
Or, Title II of the ECPA, 18 USC s 2701 [www4.law.cornell.edu].


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