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Sysop liability discussion

#259
From: Robert A. Rosenberg
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 14:11
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At 8:00 11/24/94, David Smith wrote:
>On Thu, 24 Nov 1994, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
>
>> Prodigy is not a normal case since they pre-screen every message before it
>> gets posted. They thus are in the posting loop as opposed to other BBS
>> Services (like Genie, AoL and CIS) where the message gets immediately
>> posted with no SYSOP intervention and the SYSOPs find out about it when one
>> of them reads it as a user or when a user complains.
>>
>>
>
>This is incorrect. Prodigy no longer pre-screens each and every message,
>abandoning that practice at least a year, probably longer. The amount of
>moderation that Prodigy actually does perform, and whether they knew the
>message existed, is going to be critical to their defense.
>
>This is why we sponsor Sysop Liability Workshops :-)
>

Oh. It looks like I am not up to date on Prodigy's Moderation Status. I
apologize for the out-of-date comment <g>. Isn't the Cubby [?] vs
Compuserve Ruling in their favor?
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