[9009] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Bachmann)
Tue Dec 14 18:32:16 1993
To: Petri Helenius <pete@eunet.fi>
Cc: bachmann@austin.ibm.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: (Your message of Wed, 15 Dec 93 01:18:03 O.)
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 93 17:26:31 -0600
From: Dave Bachmann <bachmann@austin.ibm.com>
> > I don't think deniability of origin is really the issue here. Posting
> > X-rated GIF's is not illegal (to my knowledge), any more than
> > publishing X-rated magazines is. It's the issue of access by minors.
> > Just as minors are not allowed to buy Playboy (I believe), we may see
> > some restriction on allowing them to have access to racy GIFs, although
> > that's going to be difficult.
>
> There is a significant difference between a belief and the fact. At least
> in Finland there is no distribution limits on printed erotic material.
> Films and videos are a completely different thing, though.
>
> Pete
Sorry, I guess my example was a bit provincial (but then we are
discussing the issue of provincial attitudes in a global network,
aren't we?). The above guesses at legality were in the context of the U.S.
dave
