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inf500j@mdw089.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr R Edwards) writes:

>  I don't want to get into a long argument, but I bet deakin's response
>to you saying they are repressing your right to free speech would be that
>Net Access is a privelage, not a right. And that's a difficult thing to
>argue with :( Maybe you should try writing to newspapers or computer
>magazines, where there is no-one in control of the medium who will censor
>as it suits them. 

>Russell 
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I'm not familiar with the Law... Suppose the student can sustain the claim
that the net is vital to his/her research in terms of www searching for
knowledge, emails for correspondence, and when his account is closed for
other reasons unrelated to his research, can the student sue the uni for
negligence? I always think that when a uni accepts a student, the uni is
sort-of contracted to provide the necessary means/teaching so that the
student can obtain his/her degree, so if his/her work is hindered because
of lack of access to the net, can't he/she sue the uni?

Once the student can claim net usage is necessity to finish his/her degree,
then net usage is not a privilege, rather a necessity such as the library.
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Kai O'Yang, SCIT, Peninsula Campus, Monash Uni, Frankston, VIC 3199, Australia.
email: oyang@fcit.monash.edu.au	Tel: +61 3 904 4615, FAX: +61 3 904 4124
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