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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 18:47:18 EST
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Brad's analysis appears valid. Note that the proposed California
law specifically mentions that individuals would take responsibility
for their own material. This implies that the people submitting
messages can be identified in some way, at least by the BBS operator
(even if real names aren't posted on messages). And I think this
is as it should be. As Brad said, there are definite restrictions
on the sort of material that the print and broadcast media can
put forth without knowing who submitted it! It would be extremely
unlikely that BBS's would be granted more latitude in this area
than the other information technologies already possess.
--Lauren--