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Re: "German service cuts Net access" (to Santa Cruz)

To: [email protected] (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: "German service cuts Net access" (to Santa Cruz)
From: Derek Atkins <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 21:52:24 EST
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Jan 1996 19:43:54 PST." <ad316db21e021004a0ff@[205.199.118.202]>
Sender: [email protected]

> As a point of information, the operators of the "Amateur Action" bulletin
> board in Fremont, California are now sitting in prison because they
> e-mailed material fully legal in California but illegal (the court
> determined) in Memphis, Tennessee.

Actually, it wasn't because of what they emailed, but rather the
owner/operators of AA BBS snail-mailed a video cassette that contained
"pornographic" materials.  Unfortunately it sets a bad precedent
nonetheless.

-derek

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