Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 11:33:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Ron Bickers <rbickers@intercenter.net> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Binaries in Usenet (was: News...) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970417112546.302A-100000@bigboy.intercenter.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.970417065419.26558h-100000@sidhe.memra.com>
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On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Michael Dillon wrote: > A lot of people are afraid that by dropping sex newsgroups specifically, > they will become legally vulnerable since they are EDITTING the material > on their news server based on its content. But there's an interesting Blockbuster doesn't have an X-rated movie section. Does that mean they're editing material? No. I'm not a lawyer either, but not carrying a.b.p.e is not "editing" anything, it's simply making it not available at all. There's nothing illegal about that. > IMHO the solution is to clean up binaries from USENET and force people to > use file transfer protocols (FTP, HTTP, DCC, FSP) to transfer files. I second that. It's out of control. Wonder what kind of bandwidth would be freed up if that were to happen. --- Ron
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