speech that aids and abets does "not enjoy the protection of the First Amendment."

[David Honig <honig@alum.mit.edu>]

The Supremes let stand civil charges against a publisher for information 
they published.  

Crypto relevance:  some kidnapping/propoganda victim sues a
ThoughtMonger...   



Supreme Court Won't Review Murder Manual Case

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/top_stories/story.html?s=z/reuters/9804
20/news/stories/murder_2.html

choice excerpts:

The central legal question, as previously defined by the Supreme Court in a
landmark First Amendment ruling, is whether an entity, in distributing
information in a general way, can be found to have advocated or incited
lawless action. 
...
Appeals Court Judge J. Michael Luttig wrote in the ruling that Paladin may
be held liable because speech that aids and abets does "not enjoy the
protection of the First Amendment." 


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      David Honig                   Orbit Technology
     honig@otc.net                  Intaanetto Jigyoubu

Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.