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In article <3v9lbn$cjl@sake.wwa.com>,
Bob Zimmerman <bobzim@metaworld.com> wrote:
>In article <3v9d0d$5gn@News1.mcs.net>, hcarter@mcs.com (Harry Carter) wrote:
>>
>>>Who are you to censor/decide what your users are able to view. If it
>>>is out there, they should be able to make those decisions for
>>>themselves.
>>
>>Given the copyright issues, I think Karl has a legit reason for his
>>CYA non-carrying of certain groups.  I also fail to see the objection
>>to wanting some traffic in groups (eg alt) that don't have a well
>>regulated creation mechanism.  I fail to see this as censorhip. 
>>
>
>This issue isn't censorship... but if there is a newsgroup that is new or has 
>little action and I have something to put in it... BUT, since it hasn't been 
>triggered to become active on MCS, I can't... I believe Karl has been more 
>then accodmodating when asked to "turn on a specific newsgroup in the past"... 
>but this is the one area that the automation doesn't support.
>
>But I will say that when asked, we can eventually get the newsgroups :)

My apologies if the quoting attributions are wrong above.

Interestingly, Prodigy recently lost a case because they were conscious
making decisions about what sort of information, messages, etc. would be
allowed on their system.

Should Karl fail to prohibit any legally questionable material, he may end
up liable on the grounds that MCS actively judges what material is allowed
and isn't.  Compuserve on the otherhand has received some sort of status
analagous to a common carrier.

-John