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From: smo@pogo.ai.mit.edu (Shawn O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Some Questions
Keywords: Questions
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Date: 21 Sep 90 03:47:54 GMT
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Isn't it theoretically possible to conduct a citizen's arrest on an agent
attempting to seize your newsletter for violation of your first amendment 
rights? or for preemptory seizure of your newsletter? 

Wouldnt you then need the equipment for evidence in your case against the 
agent? 

Is citizens arrest a myth? If it is, is there any other way to turn the
situation around at the time of the attempted seizure?

Also, if I were to set up a BBS, is there any way I could gain common carrier
access?  How did phone companies get their common carrier access?

Is the internet a common carrier? Is Tymnet a common carrier? 

Wouldnt freedom of speech also come into play? What if I set up a BBS 
and said all posts were part of a collective work of Fiction
('and all resemblance...'), anyone with any legal expertise care to comment
on how that would affect the chances of having your equip. seized? 


-Shawn