Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups

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From: David Smith
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00

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Keith Medcalf (kmedcalf@dessus.com) wrote:

: Fortunately, this is the beginning of the end of iStar.  Now that they
: have re-classified themselves as PUBLISHERS rather than simply as
: common-carriers, they are a prime target for legal action.  I may even
: open an account myself.  I could stand to make $10 million, just for
: being "offended", and iStar has taken appropriate action to ensure that
: I am protected from inadverdant "offence".

Not even.

First, Internet service providers are not common carriers, have never been 
common carriers, and given the current debate over telecommunications, 
will probably never be common carriers.

Second, my opinion is that ISPs who offer a partial .newsrc file do not 
incur greater legal liability than those who offer a full .newsrc file.  
There is no law that says one must carry a full feed; one may pick and 
choose as one desires. It's only when you drop to the level of individual 
messages that your liability for the content increases.


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From: bladex@bga.com (David Smith)
Subject: Re: iStar memo:  don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
Date: 1996/07/09
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