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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy
Subject: Re: harassing mail
Message-ID: <1991May22.124033.3668@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 22 May 91 12:40:33 GMT
References: <1991May21.232534.17880@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> <1991May22.004900.21797@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1991May22.040819.29865@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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In article <1991May22.040819.29865@m.cs.uiuc.edu> kadie@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Carl M. Kadie) writes:
>mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>>But if we're providing you the computer access
>>for free, and the network access for free, you have no right to embarrass
>>us.              
>
>How does this compare with your university's general policies? Does
>your university prohibit "embarassing" student organizations from
>using "free" university resources such as building space for meetings
>or talks?
>
  We do not allow organizations to engage in personal harrassment or
  libel either. And that's the kind of "embarrassing" mail I was talking
  about. I'm not proposing to censor the _ideas_ expressed in the mail.

  There's another difference. Buildings are provided by the university
  as a whole. Computers are provided by specific departments or units
  for specific academic purposes. Net access is heavily subsidized by
  NSF and similar organizations FOR THE PURPOSE OF FURTHERING ACADEMIC
  RESEARCH. It is not a communications common carrier like the telephone
  company or the post office. It has specific purposes which vary
  somewhat depending on exactly where, and how, you are attached to it
  and who's paying.

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Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs
The University of Georgia  |  Athens, GA 30602   U.S.A.
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