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In a 1950's horror movie the Thing was a creature that killed before it was killed. Now in a real-life drama playing on a computer screen near you, the Thing is an Internet service provider that is having trouble staying alive. Some might find this tale equally terrifying.
The Thing provides Internet connections for dozens of New York artists and arts organizations, and its liberal attitude allows its clients to exhibit online works that other providers might immediately unplug. As a result the Thing is struggling to survive online. Its own Internet-connection provider is planning to disconnect the Thing over problems created by the Thing's clients. While it may live on, its crisis illustrates how difficult it can be for Internet artists to find a platform from which they can push the medium's boundaries.
Cyberspace artists paint themselves into a corner,
NYTimes.
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http://www.adbusters.org/breaking_news/dow2002_12_20.html
Posted by: dai ichi | December 24, 2002 10:10 AM
The problem is that the law makes the data center and/or host where the material is bein hosted ultimately responsible for that content if they do not take action. It doesn't matter if the political kleanings of the data center operators or the hosting company is such that they support what the artists are doing, if there is a legitimate (in the eyes of the law) complaint regarding that content and the hosts do nothing about it then they are held responsible along with the content owner.
Posted by: The Dynamic Driveler | December 25, 2002 1:22 AM