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        !             2: Date: Mon Dec 13 09:55:44 1982
        !             3: From: npois!npoiv!harpo!decvax!teklabs!tektronix!tekid!rogerw
        !             4: Subject: Re: Massive copyright violations on the net
        !             5: Via: cbosgd.UUCP (V3.94 [3/6/82]); 15-Dec-82 00:06:40-EST (Wed)
        !             6: To: tektronix!teklabs!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!cbosgd!mark
        !             7: In-Reply-To: Your news article cbosgd.2878 of Fri Dec 10 13:11:07 1982
        !             8: Status: R
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        !            10: I have been advised by lawyers that a newspaper's editor, publisher, and
        !            11: owner are liable for the contents of the paper along with the people
        !            12: writing the articles; especially in the case of letters to the editor.
        !            13: I'm not a lawyer, but let me speculate.  It could be argued that a system
        !            14: that just mechanically receives and passes on news is like a mail carrier.
        !            15: A site that has human intervention, to selectively censor articles, might
        !            16: assume greater liability.
        !            17:      Finally, remember Disney v. Sony.  How is a Beta-Max different from
        !            18: a Vax [in a legal sense, that is]?  It was the makers of the video recorder
        !            19: who were sued.
        !            20:      The current copyright laws are simply not up to the questions imposed by
        !            21: the electronic age; I suspect the net could become a can of worms similar to
        !            22: home video recorders.
        !            23: --Roger Wells [tektronix!tekid!rogerw]
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