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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: OUTLAW ALL DATABASES!!  Damn right!
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Date: 29 Nov 90 15:45:59 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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At the risk of having John categorise what I'm saying as blathering again,
I'd like to note that the majority of the problems you cite would be best
dealt with by regulating the content of these databases rather than trying
to outlaw them. You would end up in a situation like you are with illegal
drugs: the majority of the damage is caused because the good involved is
illegal, simply because an illegal good is an unregulated good.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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peter@ferranti.com