[9014] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: sleaze
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rose Marie Holt)
Tue Dec 14 19:55:05 1993
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1993 16:47:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Rose Marie Holt <rmholt@u.washington.edu>
To: Dave Bachmann <bachmann@austin.ibm.com>
Cc: Petri Helenius <pete@eunet.fi>, bachmann@austin.ibm.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9312142326.AA40887@bachmann.austin.ibm.com>
Perhaps questions like this and the increasingly wide net access will
promote civil liberties internationally. Until a technological way is
found to stop offensive stuff from being exchanged, it will get through,
unless access is totally denied - and there will still be the net
equivalent of the ham radio operator.
This still begs the question of personal choice of what gets in to the
unsuspecting innocent, not to mention the enforcement of laws in
countries. Just because the technology makes it impossible to enforce
laws doesnt make the laws wrong, and perhaps technology will catch up;
with increased net usage some regulation may develop, maybe even net
summits and net treaties. Something to be wary of.
On Tue, 14 Dec 1993, Dave Bachmann wrote:
> > > 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.
No more difficult than keeping Playboy out of the hands of twelve year olds
RM Holt>
