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In article <3v74jm$3ap@Venus.mcs.com>, karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) wrote:

Some responce to the following quote which I found to be unclear. (It
could just be me due to the late hour.)

> >So you will carry these groups due to copywrite concerns? If every
> >major provider (ie. Netcom, AOL, etc etc) can carry these with no
> >problems and or legal repercussions why can't we? Just curious I
> >guess.


What exactly is alt.*warez*? Is it like the alt.binaries.erotica stuff?
Even if it's not, I've always been kind of disturbed by the fact that my
provider edits the content of what I am able to see. Is the editing of
these newsgroups due to some philosophical objection, to possible
copyright infringements, or to storage limitations? I could understand the
third of these reasons to some extent but not the first two. 

As to the first reason, not to mention the fact that I work in the media,
I take my philosophy pretty seriously and there is for all practical
purpose, no compelling arguement under which you, as a service provider,
should be able to decide what material is proper for me to view. As to the
second reason, I think that this may be flawed in two ways. Firstly,
copyright infringement occurs on virtually EVERY group; if not in the form
of pictures, then in the form of the printed word or pirated software.
Consequently I can't see why these groups should be singled out. Secondly,
as I understand it, once you as a provider begin to edit the content of
any of your newsgroups, you become liable for any breach of the law in all
of your newsgroups. I believe that this is why services like AOL do not
make ANY attempt to edit their content; they don't want to become
potentially liable for copyright infringements or obsenity charges. 

What's the deal?



Later,
-Chris

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