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From: amos@taux01.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: news.admin,misc.legal,soc.women
Subject: What is Usenet? (was: Proposed lawsuit)
Message-ID: <847@taux01.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jul 88 14:40:10 GMT
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In article <12165@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>I will also seek to have all sites not subject to EEO/AA laws,
>dropped from Usenet unless they sign a nondiscrimination pledge,
...

The trouble is, legally there is no such thing as 'Usenet'; to join,
one only needs a feed from a neighbor. How would you define 'dropped
from Usenet' in legal terms?

>I think the benefits of making Usenet a legal, nondiscriminatory
>activity,  which corporations, universities, and government agencies
 ^^^^^^^^

MES seems to have realized that, so how is she going to sue an 'activity'?
It's going to be interesting to watch.


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