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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
ISP's? I think we are talking about public internet file hosting sites, not ISP's.
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Most ISP's host news (NNTP) servers in their facilities or hire them as a service for their clients.
NNTP Service companies Like Giganews, Easynews, Supernews ... Host server farms and provide customized hosting for their (ISP) clients. (Not all ISP's offer Binary groups)
Access to these may require various conditions be met (even if you are a client with a logon). Eg. Earthlink also required access only via their network ports (EL DSL, Dial-up)
News servers get 'feeds' from other servers in the mesh. A message COPY propagates to other servers. A originating user 'Cancel' message, message may take time to propagate, and then it may be honored because of spoofing the originators credentials.
OTOH e-mail is a Store and Forward. Once passed on to the destination, the mail may no longer exist at the originating end (POP3) server.
To avoid fraudulent 'Take downs' (Just imagine trying to distribute a free Teaser chapter and your competitor keeps issuing a 'Take Down'),
A secure authentication and Copyright ownership/rights registry is needed.
Authors register ownership, then issue 'Rights' to Publish (includes expiration date).
'Rights' holders could then Register for a 'PIN' (if they did not already have one).
ISPS's/hosting would be required to immediately 'take down' content that matches the 'registered rights holder' list from any authenticated (PIN)
Rights holder/Agent
To me, this is what the Copyright Office' should provide (not totally for free) as part of their
service