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

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From: Bob Daniel
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <4s67fc$hco@news.interlog.com>, alchemy@interlog.com wrote:

> mjlevy@delete_this.interlog.com (Michael Levy) wrote:
> 
> 
> >Since you are a lawyer, what is your comment on the viewpoint that the ISP
> >is actually only one step in the continuous transport of data from one
> >user's computer to another. 
> 
> 
> Whether they are holding the offensive material or merely transporting
> it is irrelevent.  They are providing a service which may be used for
> propogating illegal obscenities.  If they recklessly by facilitate the
> propogation of illegaly pornography they are guilty of being a party
> to the offence.
> 

By this reasoning, if I declare my intention to use Istar's PPP connection
to access an uncensored external news server, are they still on the dime
for providing that access?  This question, by the way, does NOT constitute
such a declaration (he said, covering his ass)

Illegal material exists on the Internet and Istar provides
access to the Internet.  Are they not BY DEFINITION providing access
to illegal material?

I thought "HOLDING the offensive material"  WAS in fact the issue....

-- 
Bob Daniel              rgd@inforamp.net
Toronto, Canada         http://www.inforamp.net/~rgd

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From: rgd@inforamp.net (Bob Daniel)
Subject: Re: iStar memo:  don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
Date: 1996/07/12
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