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

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From: Robert Radford
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 1996 00:00
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In article <4rs9m5$rf9@milo.vcn.bc.ca>, lalee@vcn.bc.ca (Lawrence Lee) wrote:

> I would ask you Robert why Usenet newsgroups are any more illegal than 
> the content that can be achieved via. gopher, FTP, IRC, telnet, WWW... 

The issue is whether the content being distributed offends the Criminal
Code. The ISP is clearly distributing newsgroups. It is less clear
whether, by providing access to other servers, an ISP can be charged with
distributing in that case as well.

-- 
Robert Radford
V-P, Research & Development
Radhome Corporation
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From: radfordr@inforamp.net (Robert Radford)
Subject: Re: iStar memo:  don't tell customers list of banned newsgroups
Date: 1996/07/09
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