[11906] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: You Make the Call
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Chui)
Sun Apr 24 00:33:43 1994
To: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Apr 1994 15:10:52 MST."
<199404232210.PAA21880@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 1994 20:14:20 -0500
From: Michael Chui <mchui@cs.indiana.edu>
"Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us> wrote:
>But what about does the Net think of such issues? Do formal
>publications, such as Dispatch, and the much larger, informal,
>yet just as vital, postings of the Internet community at large
>deserve formal protections?
Yes! I think the First Amendment should apply nicely.
I certainly hope your counsel will make that point vociferously
during litigation (as I'm certain they're well equipped and
prepared to do).
Incidentally, I think it's also extremely important that
we make sure carriers of the digital media be absolved of legal
liability for the content they carry, as long as they remove
themselves from editorial control of that content.
Michael Chui
mchui@cs.indiana.edu
