Re: Dutch ISPs to collaborate and take responsibility for bottedclients

[Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>]

Perhaps someone has said this but a potential implementation problem
in the US are anti-trust regulations. Sure, they may come around to
seeing it your way since the intent is so good but then again "we all
decided to get together and blacklist customers who..." is not a great
elevator pitch to an attorney-general no matter how good the intent.

Obviously there are ways around that (e.g., it's ok to do credit
checks) but one has to be up-front and get approval.

I'm just sayin':

a) consult with legal counsel before doing anything in "collusion"
with competitors.

b) this is probably not for smaller ISPs until the legal way is
cleared by those with plenty of money for lawyering and lobbying.

(I did say "IN THE USA", right?)

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