[9389] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
International Enforcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John [Francis] Stracke)
Mon Jan 3 12:49:21 1994
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 1994 11:29:33 +0500
From: francis@avalle.insoft.com (John [Francis] Stracke)
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Bruce Gingery's message of Sat, 1 Jan 1994 02:15:05 -0700 (MST) <Pine.3.05.9401010202.A9101-b100000@antelope.wcc.edu>
>> How about the people who run the border sites that import the post
>> into Canada? It's analogous: in the hardcopy case, it's the people
>> that import the papers that get in trouble.
>
>John,
> What about the papers that are placed in a box and Posted (via snail
>mail) across the border. Who is culpable there? The person who merely
Snailmail is different; there are specific treaties to cover it.
> If the prohibition was against distribution of information, then it needed
>to be enforced AT THE SOURCE -- and preferably at the source only. Once
I didn't say the border sites *should* be liable; I just think they
probably *are*. They don't have common carrier status, after all.
Saying what the law should be doesn't change what it is. You can
lobby to change it, but it won't help you in court.
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