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From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk
Subject: Re: publicly-readable "adult" gifs (was Re: Ohio State University CIS Policies)
Message-ID: <1991Jun10.054521.4391@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
Date: 10 Jun 91 05:45:21 GMT
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Just a quick note here:

It is my understanding that if someone was to complain to the authorities
about "pornographic" material (which I dare say was present from the
comment about the collie!) then the *owner* of the system it is "publicly
available on" can get into a *world* of trouble. 

The porn laws are neither rational nor logical. But it's also a *real*
poor bet to assume that a DA can't make whatever you are doing fit.

Paranoia about publicly readable files is probably justifiable. Not right.
Just justifiable...
-- 
Leonard Erickson			leonard@qiclab.uucp
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