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From: spear@ihopb.UUCP (Steven Spearman)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Censorship: A Case History (part 1, 11 Jan 84 to 23 Jan 84)
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Date: Fri, 18-May-84 09:19:55 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 18 09:19:55 1984
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One point that I think has been missed in the discussion of
the 'right' of an employer to terminate a 'privilege' like
net access, is that Tim worked for a public tax-supported
institution.  A university which receives federal funds has
much higher standards of accountability and lack of
discrimination than does a private business.

Further, academic freedom is a long standing 'sacred' right
at institutions of higher education.  Given the big assumption
that unc!tim presented all correspondence fairly, it appears
in light of the above that the administration did indeed overstep
reasonable bounds, even though it is obvious that Tim could
be somewhat aggravating to an administrator.
-- 

Steve Spearman
ihnp4!ihuxm!spear