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Re: Was it right?

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From: Randy Wittchen
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 00:00
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Brian Allardice wrote:
> 
> In article <34B96F84.2C7F@direct.ca>, Randy Wittchen <wittchen@direct.ca> says:
> 
> >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.
> 
> But, as noted in the previous post, what constitutes "becoming aware"?
> 
> A nut case complaint?  Police acting on their own authority (Hello, hello
> hello, what's this indecent/blasphemous/seditious stuff then)?
> Or a court order.  I suspect the court order would be preferred by most,
> preserving both "the law" yet defending against arbitrary action by the
> authorities, let alone removing everything someone complains about.....
> 
> Cheers,
> dba
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From: Randy Wittchen <wittchen@direct.ca>
Subject: Re: Was it right?
Date: 1998/01/12
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