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DUE WARNING AND SYSOP'S LEGAL LIABILITY 22-1
22. DUE WARNING AND SYSOP'S LEGAL LIABILITY
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While no definitive case-law or legislation exists defining the liabilities
of System Operators, every SysOp should assume that they are as responsible
for their own actions when running an electronic bulletin board system as
they would be for any other action as a citizen of the United States who
chooses to exercise their right to freedom of speech. One of the unique
features of RBBS-PC is that users have to OVERTLY register themselves --
even when the RBBS-PC is "open" to the general public. This gives each
SysOp the opportunity to give every user "due notice" and require each user
to actively acknowledge such notice. Every SysOp should consider the legal
issues, and provide proper notice to all callers.