Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 13:10:55 -0700 From: Steve <steve@edmweb.com> To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...) Message-ID: <199704202011.NAA23909@kirk.edmweb.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 20 Apr 1997 10:18:21 PDT." <Pine.BSI.3.93.970420100153.10900F-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
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> So, given that there is a need to get illegal stuff off USENET > servers and given that USENET posters can easily circumvent a rmgroup > by crossposting to other bogus groups, what can an ISP do? IMHO, the > solution is to zap all binaries. Here in Canada, and in many other countries, _text descriptions_ of obscene acts are covered by obscenity laws. It doesn't matter if the action depicted is real or just the product of a twisted imagination. I understand the United States has recently passed a similar law. Also, here in Canada, people have been charged with _making_ child porn, just because computers by their very nature make copies of data. IANAL, but I don't think zapping binaries in newsgroups provides a great deal of legal protection. You have to deal with newsgroups, email, Squid cache, etc...
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