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Re: Usenet groups on MCS

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From: Bob Thompson
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <3vm12e$1am@ns1.win.net> bugs@news.win.net (Mark Hittinger) writes:


>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

I agree.  It's Karl's business, he can do with it as he wants, and customers 
can use his, or other, ISP's, as they choose.  But I wish he would tell the 
same story each time he posts, and not say in one post that he removes 
material which violates his idea of good taste, and in the next say good taste 
has nothing to do with it.

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/bob/
thompson@robin.tezcat.com (Bob Thompson)
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From: thompson@robin.tezcat.com (Bob Thompson)
Subject: Re: Usenet groups on MCS
Date: 1995/08/02
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