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

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From: Lawrence Lee
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00

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David Smith (bladex@bga.com) wrote:
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: As far as the newsgroups versus ftp, web, and telnet sites, I think the 
: critical issue is location.  If you are iStar, the .newsrc file is on 
: *your* computers.  If Joe Blow ISP is offering beastiality binaries, 
: child pornography, and other assorted illegal material on *his* computer 
: then it is none of your business. This doesn't make the information any 
: more or less illegal, but when the police sit down to fill out the search 
: warrants, they are much more likely to fill in the blanks with "Joe Blow" 
: rather than "your name here". 

Wouldn't the iStar lawyers have a good position then to scan all e-mail, 
because if I'm not totally out there, e-mail is stored on iStar's 
computer. If you send a UseNet post from a banned newsgroup is it somehow 
legal, or less illegal now? If the police have a warrant for iStar's 
servers.. what's the difference in the law if it was in useNet or E-mail?

: Again, same caveats about how there are no guarantees.

I'm far from being an expert in this arena, just throwing around some 
points/ideas.

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From: lalee@vcn.bc.ca (Lawrence Lee)
Subject: Re: iStar memo:  don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
Date: 1996/07/09
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