Subj : Should EMulation....
To   : Amcleod
From : Tinman
Date : Fri Jun 09 2000 06:42 am

RE: Should EMulation....
BY: Amcleod to Tinman on Fri Jun 09 2000 04:25 am

 > As for suing Napster - why not?  They knowingly allow this to happen, and th
 > blatantly have this "Wotcha gonna do about it?" attitude.  Well, if a SysOp 
 > the blatant policy of letting his BBS be used to pass kiddiPr0n around, he'd
 > axed and good riddance.  Why not napster?  Because they are richer?

 All i am saying is, that if you start making companys/groups/indivuals who
provide "services" to users responsible for the way other poeple use those
services you will be opening up pandoras box. It could extend as far as
parrents sueing a web browser company because their kid was able to access
"illegal content" based on the users age. Or make network associates
responsible if some terrorist group uses pgp to communicate the plans of a
school bombing.

 Or, Make Novell responsible for a user who has Microsoft Office 2000 Pro in
his Juston shared directory...

 It's kinda like targeting the gun companies for gun violence! it is the users
who are commiting the crimes, not the company who is proving the software. 

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