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Article #190Re: A R G I C allows itself far too much
From: Jay Maynard
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:15
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:15
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In article <1992Dec29.134900.22459@refrig.dixie.com> todd@refrig.dixie.com (Todd H.) writes: >I disagree. Uunet is a business, and can do anything it wants to. The >communication links they carry aren't regulated by the government, so far as >I know, and they aren't a public utility, so they're free to cut off anyone >that they want. Actually, uunet is trying to establish itself as a common carrier. This does Good Things for all of Usenet, like removing individual sites' liability for transporting messages with illegal content. Unfortunately, it also means that they cannot refuse to carry traffic for any given customer. -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu | adequately be explained by stupidity. "Brought to you by the letters O, S, and by the number 2." -- Mike Levis
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!lib!oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu!jmaynard From: jmaynard@oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu (Jay Maynard) Newsgroups: news.admin.policy Subject: Re: A R G I C allows itself far too much Message-ID: <8234@lib.tmc.edu> Date: 29 Dec 1992 18:15:04 GMT References: <1992Dec24.132250.12357@refrig.dixie.com> <BzxMJI.LG4@mtholyoke.edu> <1992Dec29.134900.22459@refrig.dixie.com> Sender: usenet@lib.tmc.edu Organization: UT Health Science Center Houston Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu