[48394] in Cypherpunks
Re: "German service cuts Net access" (to Santa Cruz)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sun Jan 28 21:55:40 1996
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:43:54 PST."
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Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 21:52:24 EST
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
> As a point of information, the operators of the "Amateur Action" bulletin
> board in Fremont, California are now sitting in prison because they
> e-mailed material fully legal in California but illegal (the court
> determined) in Memphis, Tennessee.
Actually, it wasn't because of what they emailed, but rather the
owner/operators of AA BBS snail-mailed a video cassette that contained
"pornographic" materials. Unfortunately it sets a bad precedent
nonetheless.
-derek
