Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY

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From: Chris Lewis
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <satchell-1407962204310001@ppp50.accutek.com>,
Stephen Satchell <satchell@accutek.com> wrote:

>In the case of a "neutral" ISP who is in the business only for the money,
>it's *work* to remove certain newsgroups and also to monitor newgroup
>control messages to prevent certain types of groups from being
>established.

Only if you're letting the software create alt.* groups based on any old
newgroup.  Most people probalby have the software ignoring alt group creates,
and manually creating the desirable ones.  So, it's *work* to actually
create one ;-)

>Not well considered?  No joke!  But when did government, any government,
>ever make well-considered changes of this nature.  It's ALL knee-jerk
>reaction.

What "change" are you referring to?  There is no change.  Just companies
taking what they believe to be well considered and prudent decisions
in the face of possible litigation from laws that have been around for
some time.  There's nothing particularly different about the child porn
law.  It could just as easily be laws about fraud with newsgroups with
names like "alt.stolen-credit-cards.forsale".
-- 
Chris Lewis: _Una confibula non sat est_

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From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
Subject: Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY
Date: 1996/07/15
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