17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Jul 1994, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
Until some case law comes about that recognizes this, It Just Ain't So. Right now, electronic publishing isn't recognized by the courts as publishing (because we don't kill trees, I suppose). - -- Roy M. Silvernail [] roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org
I know the courts have never ruled in a case in point but is there any doubt that BBS are publications. They are in text for the most part. They resemble the "Broadsides" that were a big part of public discourse in 1789 in the Confederacy (The US under the Articles of Confederation). What are they, chopped liver? DCF