Consequently, the police seized the ISP's servers. Spitzer said BuffNET refused to remove the offensive material for financial reasons. He said people subscribed to the service because they knew the ISP allowed access to child porn when other ISPs did not. This case marks the first time an ISP has been held accountable for allowing access to child pornography. This is simply not First Amendment-protected material.
Some analysts worry about the effect of the case on Internet free speech.
ISPs are not lawyers, they are communication service providers. And he suggested that monetary sanctions in related cases would, in the future, increase to send a clear message to ISPs that they are not immune to prosecution. Those who create the market will be held responsible. BuffNET denied any wrongdoing. None of the people who were arrested for the posting were BuffNET members.