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From: dricej@drilex.UUCP
Newsgroups: news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate bullshit (common carrier vs broadcast)
Message-ID: <198@drilex.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 07:25:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 25 07:25:02 1987
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Reply-To: dricej@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson)
Organization: Data Resources/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, MA
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Summary: A common carrier must take your business.

One feature, I belive, which distinguishes common carriers is that they 
exercise *no* editorial control over what they carry.  In most communities,
the phone company is legally bound to offer you a phone; once you have one,
the phone company has no say in what you say over it.

This is actually a rather special status granted by law.  Most of us are
responsible for what we pass on to others.

As always: I'm not a lawyer; these opinions are worth less than what they cost
you.
-- 
Craig Jackson
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