The Market Ticker- On The CSAM Court Decision

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As many who have followed my column and professional life before know, my Internet company (MCSNet) was one of the first and only, if not the only, that sought to have derivative liability applied to Internet firms that knowingly or recklessly permitted and transported CSAM ("Kiddie porn") whether or not broken up into pieces, sent by email, stored or forwarded on said infrastructure.At the time the primary discussion means on the Internet wasn't "social media"; it was Usenet.  Usenet had a per-item transmission limit and would run over nearly anything (almost-literally down to two cans and a piece of string.)  It was hierarchical so a group was called, for example, "alt.binaries.pictures.cats".  Well, there was one called "alt.binaries.pictures.pre-teen" (among others similarly named) and I'm pretty sure you can guess what.......(Click link to read more)