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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group
Subject: Re: Net censorship (PLEASE READ)
Message-ID: <1995@bmcg.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Nov-85 15:41:45 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 14 15:41:45 1985
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> Followup-To:
> 
> >I am not posting this to debate the merits of copy-protection. It is not
> >the issue. The issue is whether the moderators of any USENET moderated
> >group have the right to censor at will.
> >
> > "Moderators are expressedly prohibited from making ANY changes on
> > submitted articles except for the following:
> >  i)   To eliminate spelling or grammer errors.
> >  ii)  To format an article's text in a physically different form.
> >  iii) To combine repetitive questions, requests, or replies into a
> >       single question, request, or reply."
> >
> 
> As stated above the moderatore should not post any articles with legal
> problems.  This should be added to the list of things that moderators
> should do.
> 
> iv) To eliminate ANY questionable passages in the artical with respect
>     to legal isues.  (reference should be made in the article to the
>     effect that text was removed and why.)
> 
> akgua!pid!pwd
> 404/429-8266 (voice)

That would mean that the moderator should be lawyers so they can
screen the articles. Because if they let a legal issue slip thru
they would be responsible??? I don't know. Just a question.