[9392] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: International Enforcement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bruce Gingery)
Mon Jan 3 17:08:04 1994
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 1994 15:03:31 -0700 (MST)
From: Bruce Gingery <lcbginge@antelope.wcc.edu>
To: francis@avalle.insoft.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9401031629.AA03875@avalle.insoft.com>
On Mon, 3 Jan 1994 francis@avalle.insoft.com wrote:
> >> 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.
> 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.
Yet it's PEOPLE we're talking about. As blindly precedent driven as
various legal systems seem to be, hopefully the "treaty" status could be
ignored in a court case and merely the lack of culpability of the "carriers"
(individuals who carry) could be attributed as precedent.
Bruce Gingery lcbginge@antelope.wcc.edu
