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Article #47Re: Was it right?
From: Chris F.A. Johnson
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
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On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:19:00 -0800, Randy Wittchen (wittchen@direct.ca) wrote: : Another interesting issue would be web page content. The person or : group publishing the web page IMHO would be liable under the same civil : and criminal principles as any other publisher. Again an ISP on the : above reasoning should only be liable once it becomes aware and then : fails to do anything. In the case of web pages (and perhaps newsgroups), an ISP is in an analogous position to a commercial printer who just puts on to paper the material a publisher has provided. What is the printer's liability in such a case? I have had a printer reject material in a publication I edited, but that, in my experience, is a rare exception. -- Chris F.A. Johnson bq933@torfree.net *** Executive Director, Toronto Free-Net Inc. *** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.interlog.com/~cfaj cfaj@interlog.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 113d91,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid113d91,public X-Google-Thread: 103731,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public From: bq933@torfree.net (Chris F.A. Johnson) Subject: Re: Was it right? Date: 1998/01/12 Message-ID: <EMonu6.K4K.0.spadina@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 315294348 References: <EMHL97.KA.0.bloor@torfree.net> <34B577C3.68B1@capcollege.bc.ca> <695lrg$rk2@cynic.portal.ca> <34bcf00f.5038938@news.direct.ca> <34B7F556.6ADF@direct.ca> <EMMt9B.41A.0.queen@torfree.net> <34B96F84.2C7F@direct.ca> Followup-To: torfree.general,van.general,bc.general,bc.politics Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: torfree.general,van.general,bc.general,bc.politics