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In article <4s17kg$29u@news.interlog.com>,
Morton Goldmacher <alchemy@interlog.com> wrote:
>
>The freedom to express and communicate thoughts and images, and the
>freedom to carry on an enterprise in an open marketplace are the
>driving forces behind iSTAR's decision.
>
>Morton M. Goldmacher
>Barrister and Solicitor


Unless Mr. Golmacher has spoken with Margo Langford, iStar's counsel,
and knows something that no one else on iStar's technical staff does,
I think he is quite mistaken.

iSTAR *did not* merely choose to exercise it's freedom of choice.
It reacted to what it perceived as a perilous risk of criminal
prosecution.  Big difference.

iSTAR staff, like "Anthony", are saying things such as:

>> it's Canadian law that we are complying with. The recent
>> actions taken by iSTAR were not an act of censorship. Canadian law is
>> quite clear and proven on this issue. We are at risk at having ourservers
>> seized by law enforcement officials, and having our equipment tied up in
>> courts for possibly years.

>>The action we took was necessary to avoid putting our customers,
>>shareholder, and staff at risk. Our customers would lose their service
>>from iSTAR. (e-mail, web hosting, etc) We would be effectively shut by
>>such action, leaving our shareholders with zero value stock, and all the
>>staff unemployed.

All computers seized by the police?
Stock value of $0.00 ?
All staff unemployed ?

Now, that hardly seems like a "free" decision, does it?


djones@efc.ca