Steve Schear (azur@netcom.com) writes:
Despite the sometimes controversial contents of Usenet feeds it is unlikely that the Feds will move to put the kabosh on Usenet.
This appears to be the case. A quick perusal of the Web shows that NetPics, which was raided earlier this year amidst much fanfare, is still a booming business with a big array of powerful Web servers, providing pre-decoded Usenet pictures groups to all comers. This is one high profile child porn prosecution which apparently fizzled. Still, Netpics advertises that it does not carry about a dozen groups devoted to the topic of child porn, and monitors other high risk groups for the purpose of removing illegal material from them. It will be interesting to see how the "only providing a newsfeed" defense works when the images in question are carefully culled from known child porn groups, for the specific purpose of sale to a pedosexual clientele. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"