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Re: Detweiler clone at WS



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Quoth [email protected] (Duncan Frissell), in list.cypherpunks:

> 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.

- From the court's point of view, there was.  Another message on the list
mentions a favorable decision Tuesday that will help to set some good
precedent.  Up until then, BBS' were't recognized _legally_ as publishers.

> What are they, chopped liver?

In case you missed it, I never said I agreed with this point... only
tried to put some quasi-legal light on it.  I think legal recognition is
way overdue.
- -- 
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