The Supremes let stand civil charges against a publisher for information they published. Crypto relevance: some kidnapping/propoganda victim sues a ThoughtMonger... Supreme Court Won't Review Murder Manual Case http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/top_stories/story.html?s=z/reuters/9804 20/news/stories/murder_2.html choice excerpts: The central legal question, as previously defined by the Supreme Court in a landmark First Amendment ruling, is whether an entity, in distributing information in a general way, can be found to have advocated or incited lawless action. ... Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig wrote in the ruling that Paladin may be held liable because speech that aids and abets does "not enjoy the protection of the First Amendment." ------------------------------------------------------------ David Honig Orbit Technology honig@otc.net Intaanetto Jigyoubu Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.