[tahoe-dev] The Liability Question.

Ted Rolle Jr. stercor at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 04:37:58 UTC 2011


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 Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:16 AM, Bruce Long <qstream at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's a great question for the EFF. Does anyone know someone from there?
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Ted Rolle Jr. <stercor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Are we liable?
>>
>> The phone company is never thought to be liable if people do bad things
>> using their lines.
>> But, the phone company has lawyers that have helped settle this issue in
>> their favor.
>> I do not believe we have such resources.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> One issue that is not clear is when suspicious material is stored on
>> Google Docs.  I don't know what they (or the law) would do in such a case.
>>
>> Are there any federal guidelines that would take precedence over state
>> legislation (in the US)?
>> Interpreting every state's legislation would be can of worms/Medusa's
>> head/Pandora's box.
>>
>> Is there anyone with knowledge of the legal aspects of the issue?
>> It will just continue to come up in the future.
>>
>> And deep pockets have a way...
>>
>>  Ted
>>
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