A followup article on the legal aspects is here:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36756,00.html
My favorite quote from an international law prof at Georgetown University:
"I suspect we could blow them out of the water, although I wouldn't
recommend that, and if they were in fact propagating illegal material I bet
nobody would really care. There would be few consequences if nobody is
interested."
-Declan
At 18:28 6/4/2000 -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
>Excerpted via Havenco's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) located at:
>
>http://www.havenco.com/legal/aup.html
>
>>Unacceptable publications include, but are not limited to:
>>
>> 1.Material that is ruled unlawful in the jurisdiction of
>> the originating server (Such as child pornography or other
>> obscene material.
>
>My question is what in the hell does "or other obscene material" mean?
>
>Regards, Matt-
>
>
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