Re: What is lawful content? [was VZ...]

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Feb 27, 2015, at 18:12 , Jim Richardson <weaselkeeper () gmail com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:23 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick () ianai net> wrote:
> > I am not a lawyer (in fact, I Am Not An Isp), but my understanding is this is pretty well settled.
> >
> > And it is not even weird or esoteric. If the content on the site is against the law in the jurisdiction in question, 
> > it is not legal (duh). Otherwise, yes it is, and no ISP gets to decide whether you can see it or not.
>
> Which is the "jurisdiction in question" ? the originating website? the
> ISP? the CDN network's corporate home? my home?

Again, well settled.

It is where the end user is viewing the content _and_ where the content is served. If a CDN, then each node which 
serves the traffic must be in a place where it is legal. There are CDNs which do not serve all customers from all nodes 
for exactly this reason.

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TTFN,
patrick