Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cunixf.cc.columbia.edu!cs.columbia.edu!abrams From: abrams@cs.columbia.edu (Steven Abrams) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Database Regulation (was Re: Post Office plans.) Message-ID: Date: 19 Dec 90 16:59:30 GMT References: <5308@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> <1990Dec19.065012.1634@looking.on.ca> Sender: news@cs.columbia.edu (The Daily News) Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science Lines: 21 In-Reply-To: brad@looking.on.ca's message of 19 Dec 90 06:50:12 GMT In article <1990Dec19.065012.1634@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes: >Well, it's a nice analogy, but if I were a supreme court justice, and I >listened to the EFF when it told me that electronic publishers were real >publishers, then if somebody presented me with a law that said electronic >publishers could not publish certain types of non-private information >(such as your name, address, etc.) then I would strike down that law as >a violation of the constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press. Thank you Brad. This is exactly what I've been trying to get across. ~~~Steve -- /************************************************* * *Steven Abrams abrams@cs.columbia.edu * **************************************************/ #include #include