Path: utzoo!yunexus!oz
From: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Users should : Think about it ??
Message-ID: <503@yunexus.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 88 05:24:13 GMT
Article-I.D.: yunexus.503
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Reply-To: oz@yunexus.UUCP (Ozan Yigit)
Organization: York U. Computing Services - Magic Group
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In article <.*@aramis.rutgers.edu> Bob Webber writes:
>
>[stuff deleted] ... like the recent ones from customer
>service at portal about calling in the federal postal inspectors are
>far more damaging to the net than those posted by users and so it is
>more important ... [stuff deleted]
>
	Actually, I agree with you about the potential damage that
	can be done to Usenet, if such a situation ever gets out of hand.
	I would not at all be surprised to see a poster being taken to
	court for libellious and/or defamatory posting, or for violating
	copyrights. What would the network's responsibility be in such
	a case ?? I am sure many sysadmins have given some thought to
	such possibilities, but I am not sure if usenetters in general
	have. To re-phrase spidey: 'with greater networking comes greater
	responsibility'.  Self-cleansing-and-maintaining usenet is a nice
	thing to have... I sure hope a thoughtless doorknob (sure to be
	present, waiting for his/her day :-) does not blow it for us.

	Any thoughts (legal or philosophical) ??
oz
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