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Article #62Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
From: Robert Radford
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4sebvj$n6e@news.inforamp.net>, jay@inforamp.net (Xanlithe) wrote: > You seem to miss the point that the NG's deleted are not illegal. > Possibly what they contain might be illegal. In that case, censor what is > actually illegal. A dozen books (however many you like) might be published > under the title "How to Screw Your Sister". The title might suggest something > illegal, but you would have to at least browse the contents before you would > know for sure. Only those books that actually broke laws could be banned. The > others would be legal, although obviously tasteless. Think of the Customs agents at the border. They don't rip pages out of magazines. If a magazine has illegal content, they ban the magazine. Similarly, a bookstore is not held responsible if there is banned material in a magazine if they have made all reasonable efforts to avoid carrying illegal material such as not carrying magazines known to have illegal content. I would hesitate to suggest any solution that would have iStar having to read every message. -- Robert Radford V-P, Research & Development Radhome Corporation
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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: 10aaae,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 1046d5,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid1046d5,public X-Google-Thread: 115882,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid115882,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public X-Google-Thread: 13d6bc,c936b9b6252ee44d X-Google-Attributes: gid13d6bc,public From: radfordr@inforamp.net (Robert Radford) Subject: Re: iStar memo: don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups Date: 1996/07/15 Message-ID: <radfordr-1507962113530001@ts26-09.tor.istar.ca> X-Deja-AN: 168439063 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> <4sebvj$n6e@news.inforamp.net> organization: Radhome Corporation 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