[476] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS Acceptable Use Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Vielmetti)
Fri Mar 29 06:11:07 1991
To: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, maloff@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 28 Mar 91 17:46:06 -0500.
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 18:15:24 EST
From: Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>
> 4. ANS networks must not be used to transmit any
> communication where the meaning of the message, or its
> transmission or distribution, would violate any
> applicable law or regulation or would likely be highly
> offensive to the recipient or recipients thereof.
I find this regulation somewhat disturbing, esp. the question of
what is "highly offensive". How (pray tell) am I supposed to know
when my electronic speech is offensive, especially in the circumstances
where the target audience of that speech (e.g. this mailing list) is
very diffuse? For all I know this very message could be construed
as highly offensive to the people at ANS...
How does this policy differ from the acceptable use policies on Prodigy?
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Msen Edward Vielmetti
/|--- moderator, comp.archives
emv@msen.com
