Lucky Green writes:
But how many of them [ IP providers ] will be willing to forward certain newsgroups if doing so carries a mandatory 10 year prison term? Hint: count the number of narcotics dealers that advertize in your local yellow pages.
But an IP provider doesn't have to know that it's "forwarding" *any* newsgroups; all it has to know is that IP packets are moving between my PC and the outside world. It doesn't have any way of knowing what those packets contain and doesn't want to. The Internet is more than news, FTP, the web, and so on primarily because it's so much *less*. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Nobody's going to listen to you if you just | Mike McNally (m5@tivoli.com) | | stand there and flap your arms like a fish. | Tivoli Systems, Austin TX | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~