Gadi Evron wrote: > Jury Exacts $32M Penalty From ISPs For Supporting Criminal Websites > http://darkreading.com/securityservices/security/cybercrime/showArticle.jhtml > > 'Landmark case' indicates that ISPs may be held liable if they know > about criminal activity on their customers' Websites and fail to act > > A federal jury in California this week levied a total of $32 million in > damages from two Internet service providers that knowingly supported > Websites that were running illegal operations. > > In a lawsuit brought by fashion company Louis Vuitton, a jury ruled that > two ISPs -- Akanoc Solutions and Managed Solutions Group -- knew about > counterfeit Vuitton goods that were being sold on their customers' > sites, but didn't act quickly to pull the plug on those sites. The > decision was first reported on Tuesday. > > The ruling has been called a landmark decision by some legal experts, > who note that ISPs historically have been protected by the Digital > Millennium Copyright Act, which limits service providers' liability for > criminal actions that take place on their networks. >
Way to go...way to go after the _real_ criminal. This is akin to closing down a freaking bank, because they cashed a fraudulent check. > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > -- Rob +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | _ | | ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) | | - against HTML email X | | / \ | | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
