-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Quoth frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell), in list.cypherpunks:
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.
- From the court's point of view, there was. Another message on the list mentions a favorable decision Tuesday that will help to set some good precedent. Up until then, BBS' were't recognized _legally_ as publishers.
What are they, chopped liver?
In case you missed it, I never said I agreed with this point... only tried to put some quasi-legal light on it. I think legal recognition is way overdue. - -- Roy M. Silvernail | #include <stdio.h> | PGP 2.3 public roy@sendai.cybrspc.mn.org | main(){ | key available | int x=486; | upon request | printf("Just my '%d.\n",x);} | (send yours) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6 iQCVAwUBLhSDDhvikii9febJAQGMYQQAjxpnUlu5mnDxHBcqCCeiu7XhIIw3lhYG Ecc25u1wuXDqwXK8XPaWbbJYOK9FBEHz8jffLmWNK5CcG1oCO7HzM5rx244kDIYi /My/79Zrgmcl/D/ZzEntyDF+s74XFe+AiQxowlXcrdzslChf0NTJxnk6MqR7EkuT 4Ix5b0WFS8g= =awDm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----