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From: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Changes to the monthly postings (for rec.humor.funny)
Message-ID: <2848@epimass.EPI.COM>
Date: 3 Feb 89 18:33:37 GMT
References: <2706@looking.UUCP> <2844@epimass.EPI.COM> <1448@vsi1.COM> <371@twwells.uucp>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck)
Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <371@twwells.uucp> bill@twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:
>Do y'all know the purpose of that bullshit?  It is not to prevent
>anyone from reading the newsgroup, it is to cover his ass in the
>event that some JEDR comes along and tries to sue him or censor the
>newsgroup.

If so, then why is he singling out public access sites that charge fees
as a special case, when all the flaming and legal challenges are coming
from universities?
-- 
- Joe Buck	jbuck@epimass.epi.com, or uunet!epimass.epi.com!jbuck,
		or jbuck%epimass.epi.com@uunet.uu.net for old Arpa sites

Life is not a dress rehearsal.