Archived copy of http://www.chatnet.org:80/policy/text/isp.txt as of 2000-03-01 · original content, not edited · ChatNet Old Stuff
Policy on Contacting ISP's or other agencies: 

If it is necessary to contact an ISP or another agency concerning 
a users behavior on ChatNet, this action should be taken by one 
person. If more than one person is making the contact, messages 
can be confused and positive results and responses do not always 
occur. The individual making the contact should be an admin or 
an Oper, and preferably someone who was involved in the incident, 
either directly or indirectly. It is necessary to have all 
necessary logs and other necessary information ready for disclosure 
in such cases. Proof of the abuse is necessary. Not all sources of 
logs received are reliable as logs can be falsified. If contact of 
federal agencies like the FBI occur, it should be brought to the 
attention of others via the admins so that there will be knowledge 
of the contact. The details need not be gone into in making such 
knowledge known. It is necessary to let others know when making 
contact so multiple contacts do not occur. Proof is not always 
easy to produce on IRC, so caution is recommended in making 
contacts.