james Button

London

Consultant

Yes - ISP's should NOT be held responsible for policing what is transmitted, any more than the government should be held responsible for what is transported on the roads, and Airlines held responsible for what they transport.

HOWEVER ISP's should be held responsible for what they allow on their lines without a valid source identity.

After that, it's up to the courts to decide if it is legally and morally, reasonable, proper, and lawful for the ISP to be required to divulge the id, and input location of the person/organisation associated with specific id's - even if that is just the name of another ISP/transport organisation.

As - in they should be able to give the authorities the name and address of whoever it is that is sending me all this spam and malware