From: boogabooga@crazyhat.net   
      
   In the last episode of   
   <4f960e00$0$32733$c3e8da3$a8a65a91@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei   
    said:   
      
   >And if Megaupload complied in the past with requests to take down   
   >content that was copyrighted, then it should be treated as a common   
   >carrier and not held responsible for the content its service carries,   
   >and instead, the authoritis should go after the individuals who post the   
   >material.   
      
   As a rule, common carriers can't refuse to transit anything without a   
   court order or unpaid bill, or at least they can't consider the shipper,   
   receiver, or contents (just things like weight, distance, etc)   
      
   However, this usually applies to transporting something (data, signal,   
   physical items, etc), running servers or hosting content is a little   
   different.   
      
   In the US, the DMCA is what protects hosts, not common carrier status.   
      
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