Mere conduitsU.K.
1.—(1) A service provider does not contravene regulation 43 only by providing access to a communication network, or by transmitting, in a communication network, information provided by a recipient of the service, if the service provider does not—
(a)initiate the transmission;
(b)select the recipient of the transmission; or
(c)select or modify the information contained in the transmission.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the provision of access to a communication network and the transmission of information in a communication network include the automatic, intermediate and transient storage of the information transmitted if—
(a)the storage is solely for the purpose of carrying out the transmission in the network; and
(b)the information is not stored for longer than is reasonably necessary for the transmission.