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Re: Detweiler clone at WS





On Fri, 1 Jul 1994, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:

> Until some case law comes about that recognizes this, It Just Ain't So.
> Right now, electronic publishing isn't recognized by the courts as
> publishing (because we don't kill trees, I suppose).
> - -- 
> Roy M. Silvernail  []  [email protected]

I know the courts have never ruled in a case in point but is there any 
doubt that BBS are publications.  They are in text for the most part.  
They resemble the "Broadsides" that were a big part of public discourse 
in 1789 in the Confederacy (The US under the Articles of Confederation).

What are they, chopped liver?

DCF