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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.audio,net.news
Subject: Re: Unscrambling subscription channels
Message-ID: <929@ulysses.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Jul-84 12:18:02 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 29 12:18:02 1984
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Can we please have some agreement that use of the net for illegal purposes
is unwise, unethical, and endangers the continued existence of USENET?  Tell
me -- suppose you're caught using answers you get from the net, and the cable
company decides to sue ATT?  How many ATT sites would be allowed to stay on
the net after that?  Remember that case in California, where the apparently-
innocent owner of a bulletin board system had his machine impounded, because
of illegal information posted to it by others.  To my knowledge, no one has
ever presented any evidence that he even knew of what was going on.  Never-
theless, he was held responsible.  I see no reason why the same thing would
not apply to USENET.