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[IP] more on eBay VOIP, your first choice?





Begin forwarded message:

From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 14, 2005 6:19:29 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Burdon Lane <burdonlane@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] eBay VOIP, your first choice?


In message <6C9C3B16-8526-413F-9741-6BE78571E8D1@xxxxxxxxxx>, David Farber writ
es:

From: Burdon Lane <burdonlane@xxxxxxxxx>


    We do not require a subpoena except for very limited
circumstances. We
require a subpoena when we need the financial information from the site,
credit card info or sometimes IP information."



I foresee some interesting legal discussions on just what this service
is. But U.S. law *prohibits* "a person or entity providing an electronic
communication service to the public" from providing customer records to
a governmental entity except under special circumstances, such as a
valid court order.

        --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb




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