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- From: Shawn.K..Quinn@f7550.n106.z1.fidonet.org (Shawn K. Quinn)
- Sender: Usenet@f-454.fidonet.org
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!sugar!tghost!f-454!Usenet
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: legal question re anonymity online
- Message-ID: <726629212.AA00538@f-454.fidonet.org>
- Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1993 04:56:19 -0600
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- On Jan 08 08:47, All heard the following from Hans Lachman
- (lachman@netcom.com):
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- HL> If I own an auditorium and you rent it from me, and you give a
- HL> controversial speech, and then someone vandalizes your house, it's not my
- HL> fault. If I own a store, and I allow you to post a controversial notice in
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- HL> my shop window, but only under the condition that your name appears on the
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- HL> notice, and you agree, then it's not my fault if someone vandalizes your
- HL> house. If I own a soap factory, and you get a soap box produced by me, and
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- HL> stand on it to deliver your message....
-
- I wonder if anyone has ever sued a soap factory for that... But seriously, this
- touches on another point I've wondered about: how are we going to stop abuses of
- the legal system in these instances? The late 80s and early 90s are almost
- becoming the "age of the lawsuit."
-
- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@urchin.fidonet.org>
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