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From: franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: net.news,net.politics,net.legal
Subject: Re: Towards making hosts and their admin free from a criminal offence
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Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 15:26:04 EDT
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In article <482@ccird1.UUCP> rb@ccird1.UUCP (Rex Ballard) writes:
>Of course, the country with a grevance against you would have to prove
>that you, rather than someone using your login, actually posted the
>article. Possible, but not easy.

Depends on the country.  Under some legal systems, the burden of proof is on
the defendant.

Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
Multimate International    52 Oakland Ave North    E. Hartford, CT 06108