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From: fran@cbdkc1.UUCP ( Frank Webb   3587)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.micro
Subject: Re: Computer Bulletin Boards Must Be Confiscated!
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Date: Sun, 3-Jun-84 22:18:45 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  3 22:18:45 1984
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C'mon gang, we are forgetting one of the more important facts about
the case.  The BB in question maintained an UNDERGROUND board, where
this kind of posting (credit card nos, etc.) may be presumed to have
been either welcomed, or at least tolerated.  The posting in question
had been in the board for a month.  These two facts were probably the
reasons for the confiscation.  The normal, well run BB would not be
guilty of "aiding and abetting".  The "Pirates Cove" sleaze operations
are hereby put on notice.

Whether the confiscation will stick, the courts will determine.  I
will scream like blue blazes if a well managed (read responsible)
sysop gets stuck.  I will not waste a lot of sympathy on this case.

			Frank Webb