----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net> Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003 0:22 am Subject: Re: State Super-DMCA Too True

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(Some DSL/cable companies try to charge per machine, and record the machine address of the devices connected.)

And to use NAT to circumvent this should be illegal. It is theft of service. The ISP has the right to setup a business model and sell as it wishes. Technology has allowed ways to bypass or steal extra service. This law now protects the ISP. There will be some ISPs that continue to allow and support NAT.

If you can tell the difference between NAT and non-NAT traffic you don't need this law. If you can't, the law is completely unenforcable. The same goes for VPN's. So what's the point other than to discourage good business models? KL