Date: Sat, 19 Apr 1997 00:44:43 -0500 From: Jacob Suter <jsuter@linus.intrastar.net> To: danlaw@rust.net, Gary Palmer <gpalmer@freebsd.org> Cc: Ron Bickers <rbickers@intercenter.net>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...) Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970419004443.006b4f0c@linus.intrastar.net> In-Reply-To: <335675FD.4199@rust.net> References: <9548.861295866@orion.webspan.net>
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>As I understand it, the ruling was that *only if you censor some >messages* >do you become liable for others that sneak into other newsgroups, >otherwise you are simply acting as a distributor and do not have the >duty to scan each and every message in all newsgroups you allow. that'd be like going after the power company for some ultra-strange transient surge that happened to be a porn picture being sent over the power lines at 60 baud? Its supposed to just be ~115v 60hz A.C. Dammit, not porn! I really didn't mean to start a religious debate, though this is important stuff as the problem is growing out of control. JS
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