Gerhard Fiedler connectionbrazil.com> writes: > is to not assume that I don't understand your issue (I do), but that I > think you're not really considering the consequences of making something > like "text/html" a legally binding and enforced definition. What brings I snip because my list client will not let me post fewer lines of text than what I quote :) The misunderstanding stems from the difference between my and your interpretation of 'legally enforced'. Your idea seems to be that one would need a license to write html, like a doctor's, and that any mistake in one's html code would entrain SWAT teams moving in at half past three in the morning and the author doing jail time for it. My interpretation is that html and other public formats are technically in the enforced public domain and a well-known 'art' and cannot be misused or used to mislabel products or mislead the public without breaking certain (which?) laws. Thus a non-compliant *public* html page could potentially be identified by anyone from the public for being dangerous (by incompatibility f.ex., thus hiding or misrepresenting potentially life and health threatening information), and the organization that put the page up brought to court if it will not rectify the problem, in the same way a site owner can be sued today for inappropriate content. This is in fact the current situation, as pages are taken down and blocked (!) under duress from lawyers and even countries all the time, as you know. So no change in law is needed, what is needed is a perception of the danger represented by non-conforming pages and the legal precedent created by a number of higher profile cases in this direction, such that takedown or edit summons from lawyers for the sole reason of *dangerously incompatible encoding* should start being workable. Peter (PS: I hope Mr. Moglen or someone like him reads this or similar messages from time to time) -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist