17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Thu, 9 Feb 1995, Robert Rothenburg Walking-Owl wrote:
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broadcast paradigm, while the online world operates within the network paradigm. There are no hours in which it is safe to broadcast because there is no "broadcast" in the tradition sense.
Yes, I was discussing broadcasting. Scary thought is that because networks are different they will try to outright ban everything.
I wonder though sometimes if it's even occurred to lawmakers that they can't apply the safe harbor notion for indency to computer networks.
The lawmakers have been trying to eliminate indecency (not just obscenity) altogether... they don't want a safe harbor--that's something that came down from the courts.
- dog
Rob