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A Response to Responsibility of and Trust in ISPs by Raphael Cohen-Almagor

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The Internet and Internet applications such as cloud computing continue to grow at an extraordinary rate, enabled by the Internet's open architecture and the vibrant lightly regulated Internet service provider (ISP) market. Proposals to hold ISPs responsible for content and software shared by their customers would dramatically constrain the openness and innovation that has been the hallmark of the Internet to date. Rather than taking the kind of approach favored by Raphael Cohen-Almagor, government should enlist the assistance of other intermediaries such as credit card companies in targeted actions against illegal activities online. In addition, they should foster improved online authentication, which could support “zones of trust” on the Internet.

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  2. See the Internet Society’s public policy principles, http://www.isoc.org/pubpolpillar/principles.shtml

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    Michael R. Nelson

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Nelson, M.R. A Response to Responsibility of and Trust in ISPs by Raphael Cohen-Almagor. Know Techn Pol 23, 403–407 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12130-010-9121-9

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