Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review Volume 10 | Issue 2 2004 From the Cluetrain to the Panopticon: ISP Activity Characterization and Control of Internet Communications Eric Evans University of Michigan Law School Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/mttlr Part of the Communications Law Commons, Intellectual Property Law Commons, Internet Law Commons, and the Legislation Commons Recommended Citation Eric Evans, From the Cluetrain to the Panopticon: ISP Activity Characterization and Control of Internet Communications, 10 Mich. Telecomm. & Tech. L. Rev. 445 (2004). Available at: http://repository.law.umich.edu/mttlr/vol10/iss2/4 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Michigan Law School Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. NOTE FROM THE CLUETRAIN TO THE PANOPTICON: ISP ACTIVITY CHARACTERIZATION AND CONTROL OF INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS Eric Evans* Cite as: Eric Evans, From the Cluetrain to the Panopticon: ISP Activity Characterizationand Control of Internet Communications, 10 MICH. TELECOMM. TECH. L. REv. 445 (2004), available at http://www.mttlr.org/volten/Evans.pdf IN TROD U CTION ...................................................................................... 446 I. THE DM CA COMPROMISE ........................................................ 450 A. Copyright Infringement and Liability................................ 451 B. Privacy and Service Provider Liability in General........... 452 1. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) (18 USC §§ 2510 et seq.) ........................ 452 2. The Common Carrier Doctrine as Applied to Telecommunications Providers and ISPs .................... 454 3. Pre-DMCA ISP Liability for Copyright Infringem ent .............................................