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Subject: Re: Computer Bulletin Board Confiscated
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Date: Sat, 23-Jun-84 02:58:00 EDT
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Nf-From: orstcs!go    Jun  6 22:58:00 1984

[ just in case ]

If one considers the BBS to be a store of information to be transmitted
later to a third party or parties, then isn't the Phone Company also a
party to the conspiracy?  I realize this stretches things a bit, but it
would seem to me that the operator of the BBS was providing a service
(free and uncontrolled, though it may be) that is similar to that offered
by the Phone Company:  a means to transmit information.

The difference seems to be the degree of storage and latency.

Gary Oliver