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[Discuss] why don't web hosts scan their sites?

Subject: [Discuss] why don't web hosts scan their sites?
From: richard.pieri at gmail.com (Richard Pieri)
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:35:14 -0500
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As a more serious take on the topic, hosting providers are -- or are 
supposed to be -- common carriers. They can't scan users' content. If 
they did that then they'd cease being common carriers and they'd lose 
their safe harbor and Good Samaritan protections.

-- 
Rich P.

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