[e2e] disintermediation?

[Bob Hinden]

I wonder if a NAT would constitute "publication" by this definition?  The 
IP payload is being modified.

Bob

At 02:38 PM 10/12/2001, Lynne wrote:
>You're talking about publishing. An ISP is not responsible for the content 
>of the data as long as they do not edit the data. If they edit the data, 
>they become a publisher, subject to a different set of laws and rules. 
>Contracts with providers of information and publishers are specifically 
>designed to deal with issues such as liability in these cases.
>
>A transport provider simply gets the bits from one place to another. They 
>do not edit the contents of that data. If the contents of the data is 
>"edited" in-transit by the ISP, that's called an "error". :-)