Re: Usenet groups on MCS

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From: Mark Hittinger
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 00:00

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thompson@robin.tezcat.com (Bob Thompson) writes:
>Which is it?

A big giant grey area with just a few pieces of data.  We know that when
prodigy does this kind of editing they get sued.

It is a risk for an isp to excercise some control, because of the litigation
issue.  We want to be common carriers and not control content.  It is too
easy to screw up when you try to control content.

It is a risk for an isp to not excercise some control, because of the
litigation issue :-)

So it is a seat of the pants thing right now, and the person who should
make the call is the person whose neck is stuck out the most.

Regards,


Mark Hittinger
bugs@win.net
-- 
"This is going to cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show." -
							Foghorn Leghorn.

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Subject: Re: Usenet groups on MCS
Date: 1995/08/01
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