Aharpo.154 net.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!cbosg!harpo!ber Fri Dec 18 20:57:43 1981 Re: freedom of the netwaves ? I'ld like to discuss it. I really don't think anyone would put their foot down on net.kkk or net.nazi or net.jdl or ... Personally I would not subscribe. But I really don't know if I would refuse to accept or forward such groups. Is this a "public access" medium? Isn't access restricted in the sense that items must be forwarded and accepted, and that users are granted access to the computers or denied access? What would be the purpose of adopting censorship policies? To protect innocent eyes? The fundamentalist movement has a key weapon (though their success is questionable) They buy products from the businesses that provide TV. Would fundamentalist boycott TPC? The universities? Goverment agencies? Maybe. I would guess that the lawmakers and FCCC (fed. comp. com. commsion) are way behind us. Should we disband the net until it is clearly understood? Maybe anything we do will be found to be in violation. Could we be undercuttign the US Postal Service? FCC tarriffs? How many toes are we stepping on now? brian ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.