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Re: a.b.p.e distribution, pay membership (Was: RE: Child Pornography)

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From: Brad Templeton
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:37
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In article <Bxy4EM.DA6@cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>distributors and faciliators are books stores, printers, and
>auditorium owners.  Publishers are reponsible for material;
>distributors/faciliators generally are not. This protection comes from
>the general right of freedom of expression (as protected by the First
>Amendment); it does not depend on legislated previleges ala "common
>carriers".

But don't forget the Kinko's copy shops case. If you are a distributor
and you know or should have known that what you were asked to do was
illegal, you can be liable.

Kinkos let a professor copy reams of textbooks on a regular basis.  They
ended up paying big time dollars.
-- 
Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Sunnyvale, CA 408/296-0366
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From: brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton)
Subject: Re: a.b.p.e distribution, pay membership (Was: RE: Child Pornography)
Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp.
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 21:37:13 GMT
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