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>>>}It is important to note that the ECC staff will make arrangements for
>>>}large mailing lists; however, we will not support mailing lists whose
>>>}subjects violate University policy, State law, or Federal law.
>>>}(In any situation where this is a possibility, the University Counsel
>>>}will be asked for a decision.)
>
>>I know that this particular example has been bounced around for years, but
>>what about a "child porn image list"?  What about a list that passes out
>>credit card numbers?
>
> These lists are already prohibited because they are illegal. Do you
> really want to take even partial responsibility for the lists that you
> do approve of? What if you give it an official University OK, and
> *then* it starts being used for credit cards?
>
> I'm enclosing a reference.

Your reference has no bearing on the situation as posed.  If you read your
own reference, it refers to "administrators ... exercis[ing] control over
the content of student publications".

The ECC staff is _NOT_ exercising control over the content of the publication.
The ECC staff is asking to exercise control over the creation of the
publication.  This is similar to the position many schools have that
only recognized student organizations can make use of school facilities.

In order for your reference to have any bearing, the ECC staff would need
to exercise "the power of prior review" on the messages posted to the lists
they approve.  This is not what the ECC is asking for.

Aydin Edguer
Resident, Planet Earth