Detweiler clone at WS
Perry E. Metzger
perry at imsi.com
Fri Jul 1 06:12:16 PDT 1994
Roy M. Silvernail says:
> > A BBS is a publication. The
> > 1st Amendment was specifically written to outlaw the British licensing of
> > publications. No risk.
>
> 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).
Untrue as of Tuesday, when the Supremes came out with a decision
recognising (to a limited extent) the 1st amendment rights of cable
companies. However, you are right that no direct precedent exists.
Perry
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