[e2e] disintermediation?

[David P. Reed]

It's called the principle of common carriage, "common carriers" are not 
responsible for the traffic that flows through them, as long as they are 
non-discriminatory and do not contribute to the content of the message.

References in telecom law are numerous - I can't give you one off the top 
of my head.

At 05:11 PM 10/12/2001 -0400, Micah Beck wrote:
>I am looking for a word to describe the principle that an ISP is not
>responsible for the data that flows across its network as long as it does
>not make any non-technical decisions regarding the handling of that data.  I
>thought that this was one meaning of the word "disintermediation" (removing
>the middleman) but I can't find any reference to it.  Do anyone know if this
>is a legitimate meaning, or if there is any other word that captures the
>meaning I want.  Either way, would you be able to suggest a reference?
>
>Thanks for your help,
>Micah Beck
>University of Tennessee