Acbosgd.555 net.general utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!ihnss!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Fri Dec 18 11:57:35 1981 Re: freedom of the netwaves ? There really are some serious issues here to deal with. Not only do we have to be sure we're legal (the obscenity laws might apply, there are also potential copyright problems with net.db and net.movies) but we also want to make sure we're moving in the "best interests" (whatever that means) of the community we serve. As it was pointed out, I think we'd pretty much all agree that if somebody wanted to start net.kkk or net.nazi, somebody would have to put their foot down. Other "public access" media, such as CB radio, Ham, and even telephones, have laws preventing obscenity. It might be the case that USENET should adopt similar policies. "If you don't like it, change the channel"? Well, there are many people out there that feel very strongly that certain kinds of discussions should not exist on their computer. I propose that anyone with opinions on this issue discuss it on net.news. I want to hear from both sides. This is YOUR NETWORK, remember! Mark Horton ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.