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Article #152Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY
From: Glen Merrick
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 00:00
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> >I think that my argument is pretty simple and very logical. It works >like this: > > Q. Does the ISP stand a reasonable chance that they will be involved > in a litigation because they distribute newsgroup X.X.X. > > If the answer is YES -> drop the newsgroup > If the answer is NO -> keep the newsgroup > What may actually happen is that the dropping of these newsgroups may be seen as "content control" and this is what got Prodigy in a lot of hot water in the USA a short time ago. The best approach is to say..heck with it, we just carry the newsgroups people ask for and do not provide any content control...It is up to you the parent to ensure content control. This is virtually impossible, cause I can post any message to any newsgroup and reach anyone. -- ================================================================= gmarik@io.org / http://www.io.org/~gmarik Organization: Internex Online|(416)363 4151
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fc3d0,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gidfc3d0,public X-Google-Thread: 103731,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: fb1ea,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1ea,public X-Google-Thread: 10aaae,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gid10aaae,public X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 114af9,f8bab2bf5ee053cc X-Google-Attributes: gid114af9,public X-Google-Thread: 10643c,90d13f7a863f087a X-Google-Attributes: gid10643c,public From: gmarik@zap.io.org (Glen Merrick) Subject: Re: LAWYER AS LAWMAKER COP JUDGE & JURY Date: 1996/07/10 Message-ID: <4rvdk0$amc@zap.io.org> X-Deja-AN: 167512174 distribution: inet references: <31db3548.17224920@nnrp.tor.hookup.net> <sfoy-0907961554000001@cell.zoology.ubc.ca> <4rur64$42u@milo.vcn.bc.ca> <sfoy-0907961810370001@cell.zoology.ubc.ca> organization: Internex Online (shell.io.org), Toronto, Ontario, Canada newsgroups: torfree.general,tor.general,mtl.general,van.general,ont.general,bc.general,can.infohighway,can.legal,can.general,soc.culture.usenet,alt.news.media,soc.culture.canada,io.general,eye.general,comp.org.eff.talk,comp.org.cpsr.talk