[tahoe-dev] The Liability Question.

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

On 26/07/11 05:37, Ted Rolle Jr. wrote:
> EFF is a great idea!  I'll check it out ... tomorrow.
> 
> I don't know whether this is true, but are banks liable for storing illegal
> funds?
[...]
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Ted Rolle Jr. <stercor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Here's an example:
>>> Hackers can discuss hacking techniques on the telephone, but the telco is
>>> not liable.  That is, I don't believe they are.
>>> Hackers can transmit viruses over telephone lines, but I don't believe
>>> that the phone company accepts liability.

Banking and telecommunications are heavily government-regulated industries
in most countries. Also telcos have "common carrier" status that shields them
to some extent from legal liability, and banks have specific obligations to
cooperate with law enforcement. So I'm not sure that any conclusions about
their liability or otherwise are relevant to Tahoe-LAFS storage providers.

-- 
David-Sarah Hopwood ⚥ http://davidsarah.livejournal.com

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