17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
In my opinion, few if any BBSs qualify as common carriers. Common carriers hold themselves out as accepting all goods or passengers (or, in the case of communications, all messages) indifferently. I know of no sysop who operates under such a policy, or who would want to. uunet, in contrast, probably does qualify as a common carrier. My discussions of legal liability are not grounded in common-carrier law (in which I'm not yet an expert) but in criminal law and tort law. --Mike