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- From: sbrack@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu (Steven S. Brack)
- Newsgroups: alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,alt.alt
- Subject: Re: [news.admin.policy] Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.181253.9396@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 23:12:52 GMT
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- : From: damon@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Damon Kelly; ACS (RJE))
- : Subject: Re: Groups used to distribute illegal material
- :
- : [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.
-
- The way international copyright law stands, which is enforced on the
- federal level in the U.S., every word you say is *by default*
- copyrighted. My followup to your post is a violation of copyright
- laws. I'm waiting for them to come & take me away. 8)
-
- : 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.
-
- Not to mention assigning full-time staff to check libraries, reading
- rooms, bulletin boards, and bathroom walls for any copyright violation.
- :
- : It will possibly be worth it, if your system owners have the budget,
- : manpower and time to do so.
- :
- : (I seriously doubt it.)
-
- I have no doubts about the overwhelmingly daft nature of the idea.
- We don't throw the baby out with the bathwater; Likewise, we should
- not throw all the "good" (IMO, a very subjective term) articles out
- along with the "bad." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
-
- :
- : -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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