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Article #100Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
From: Bob Daniel
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4s0o38$of0@mn5.swip.net>, Sten.thaning@mbox200.swipnet.se (Sten Thaning) wrote: > rgd@inforamp.net (Bob Daniel) wrote: > > >But the party line is that the removed groups are self-described in their > >own online descriptions and FAQs as (arguably) containing illegal material. > > Another point is that since the groups carry binaries (I think, I > don't have the list right now), and you can't run the programs/look at > the pictures without special equipment such as an uu-decoder, Istar is > actually not giving you anything illegal. Interesting point. All that REALLY exists on Istars server is a bunch of encoded ASCII gobbledygook. But using that same reasoning, even fully executable/viewable nasties are really only 1's - and - 0's aren't they? Just harmless binary code. Why all the fuss? (I suspect THAT wouldn't stand up in court.) Problem is, it may never GET to court. -- Bob Daniel rgd@inforamp.net Toronto, Canada http://www.inforamp.net/~rgd
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 11544f,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid11544f,public X-Google-Thread: 12c2cc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid12c2cc,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 115882,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid115882,public X-Google-Thread: 13d6bc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid13d6bc,public From: rgd@inforamp.net (Bob Daniel) Subject: Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups Date: 1996/07/10 Message-ID: <rgd-1007961906000001@ts19-15.tor.istar.ca> X-Deja-AN: 167669680 distribution: inet references: <4rmsbp$5ur@insight.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <jbtoacf.-0707960850350001@ip93-106.tor.interlog.com> <4ro8na$du@news.intranet.ca> <radfordr-0807961957040001@ts39-13.tor.istar.ca> <4rs9m5$rf9@milo.vcn.bc.ca> <rgd-0807962243540001@ts10-04.tor.istar.ca> <4rt5sv$3u@milo.vcn.bc.ca> <rgd-0907961230050001@ts39-03.tor.istar.ca> <4s0o38$of0@mn5.swip.net> organization: iSTAR Internet Inc. newsgroups: inforamp.general,inforamp.support,alt.censorship,comp.org.eff.talk,can.legal,can.infohighway,tor.general,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.society.civil-liberty,ont.general