Why I don't want my data in "The Cloud"

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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> From: "David P. Reed" <dpreed () reed com>
> Date: July 20, 2010 12:05:33 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Why I don't want my data in "The Cloud"

> Dave - this is what many of us want remedied by laws requiring *network neutrality* (aka the legal principle of 
> "common carriage", not to be confused with "common carrier status").  In other words, "collective punishment" of all 
> users of an ISP based on claims about a subset of users' behavior would be barred by requiring all users' content be 
> treated fairly.
>
> A hotel (the classic legal example) of "common carriage" cannot be shut down because of the behavior of some guests.
>
> THe denial of core principles like "common carriage" is the first step on a slippery slope here.  This is where you 
> get when you argue that "network neutrality" as a legal principle is somehow a BAD IDEA.
>
> I've had email MTAs that I depended on taken down by "spam vigilante" groups like Paul Vixie's.  This is not just a 
> problem of government shutdowns, but seriously intentional commercial denials of service, justified by claims of 
> "collective responsibility" and "the end (eliminating spam) justifies any means whatever".  This seems no different 
> from taking down a blog site because some of its users blog unwanted stuff.
>
> On 07/20/2010 10:35 AM, Dave Farber wrote:
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Mary Shaw <mary.shaw () gmail com>
> > > Date: July 20, 2010 8:56:52 AM EDT
> > > To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> > > Subject: Why I don't want my data in "The Cloud"
> >
> > > Now, torrentfreak.com is likely not to be an authoritative neutral
> > > source, but it's reporting that Blogetery.com, hosting 73,000 blogs,
> > > was shut down with zero notice by order of authorities and the service
> > > provider is not allowed to provide information about this, let alone
> > > the content of the blogs.  It seems fair to assume that at least some
> > > of these blogs are innocent.
> > >
> > > http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-authorities-shut-down-wordpress-host-with-73000-blogs-100716/
> > >
> > > There are reports, for example
> > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/201423/blogeterycom_shut_down_danger_on_the_internet.html?tk=hp_blg
> > > and
> > > http://www.examiner.com/x-41853-Homeland-Security-Examiner~y2010m7d19-Update-Blogetrycom-shutdown-linked-to-alQaeda-material
> > > that it's terrorism-related, or claimed to be.
> > >
> > > I have know other knowledge of blogetery.com -- maybe it's  well-known
> > > by others to be a vipers' nest of evil.
> > >
> > > But if I have to worry about whether other users of my service
> > > providers are promulgating bomb-making instructions or pirate movies,
> > > I don't think I want my data out there where it can be taken down with
> > > sweeping measures against other peoples' activity.
> > >
> > > Mary Shaw
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