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- From: jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz)
- Subject: Good news for the Net (was: Re: [UPI] "FBI probes computer child porn at Cornell")
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- Organization: Mount Holyoke College
- References: <1992Nov21.170010.3289@eff.org> <9211211820.AA14627@crocus.cit.cornell.edu> <1992Nov21.184453.4548@eff.org>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:59:59 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.184453.4548@eff.org> kadie@eff.org (Carl M. Kadie)
- forwards a Clarinet article which states:
- > ITHACA, N.Y. (UPI) -- The FBI is investigating whether a Cornell
- >University sophomore has transmitted child pornography over computer
- >bulletin boards, a report said Friday.
- > The New York Times said agents this week raided a student's room as
- >part of an investigation that began Nov. 11, after the administrator of
- >another bulletin board told the Ivy League university of seeing material
- >involving sexual exploitation of minors.
-
- This is very good news... it reaffirms the principle that the poster
- is responsible for material posted to the Net, not the indviduals
- or orginizations providing the physical infrastructure and storage
- for the Net.
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