Sigh. Mindspring is getting dragged to court by Gucci (yes, the luxury fashion logo people) because a site Mindspring hosted was using the Gucci logo without permission. There’s a section of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that should protect ISPs from such issues. But another section limits the protection they may have for intellectual property violations, which is what the logo use falls under (trademark infringement). Mindspring may prevail in court, but the fact remains that ISPs could get named as accessories in all sorts of future litigation. Perhaps I should start using my telephone to transmit trademarked sounds.