[1493] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
So what is the answer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Thu Oct 10 19:09:49 1991
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 91 19:09:39 -0400
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: edtjda@magic322.chron.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, dino.bbn.com!jtidwell@uunet.uu.net
In-Reply-To: Joe Abernathy's message of Thu, 10 Oct 91 17:20:38 CDT <9110102220.AA17681@magic322.chron.com>
>Mail servers are the easiest. Mailing lists are another popular
>alternative. Some implementations of NNTP are structured in such
>a fashion that nominal restrictions to information can be avoided.
>Anonymous FTP, well, it's anonymous FTP. WAIS could conceivably be
>used for some novel ways of retrieving colorful material.
>
>Joe
And any kid with a PC and Modem can login to free BBS sites by just
entering the phone number and download sexually explicit stories and
bitmap pictures with a few keystrokes over the public phone system.
So what do we do, condemn the phone system? Or PC's? Or modems?
Or mail away for sexually explicit materials with a 29c stamp, if you
really want a "govt subsidy" spin on the whole thing.
Why couldn't your story just as easily flail against the postal or
phone system?
(Heck, ya ever see what happens when a kid wanders onto the federal
highway system in front of a speeding car? Amazing what trouble kids
can get into if left unattended.)
In fact, I wouldn't be shocked to find such info is contained in the
advertising carried by the Houston Chronicle. Do they let kids see the
Houston Chronicle Joe? No 900-SEX-LINE ads in the back, or, ahem,
those "personals"?
Maybe I'll have a look, let's see how many pots and kettles we have
here.
-Barry Shein
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