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- From: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie)
- Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
- Subject: [news.admin.policy] Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
- Message-ID: <9208131915.AA02109@herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 09:15:00 GMT
- Sender: kadie@cs.uiuc.edu
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- Newsgroups: news.admin.policy
- From: damon@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Damon Kelly; ACS (RJE))
- Subject: Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.180837.12770@umbc3.umbc.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 18:08:37 GMT
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- [jboltz@mtholyoke.edu wants to refuse to receive the newsgroups that
- contain sexually explicit material because of copyright violations,
- among some other possible reasons.]
-
- I'd support your position, BUT you'd have to drop your USENET feed entirely.
- Most newsgroups, at one time or another, carry some material that was posted
- without permission from the copyright holder.
-
- You CAN do it...but you would have to filter your incoming/outgoing feeds
- AND assign someone to the Library of Congress to check out whether any of the
- hundreds/thousands of postings that travel through your system violate
- copyright laws.
-
- It will possibly be worth it, if your system owners have the budget,
- manpower and time to do so.
-
- (I seriously doubt it.)
-
- -d
-
- --
- During his stint at Marvel, he brought you Cable. Striking out on his own
- about a year or two later, he debuts another character: Shaft.
- And now, Rob Liefeld, the Genius of All-Macho Comics, brings you his NEW
- bombshell: ELEVATOR. Watch for him! -Ppd from dvandom@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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