Aeagle.172
net.news
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!ihnss!eagle!jal
Mon Dec 21 13:12:36 1981
freedom of the netwaves
I spoke with a lawyer who said that in his opinion transmission
of obscene material over the USENET was illegal.  The cable
television industry can get away with it because the supreme
court made the issue of public access to cable televison into a
special case.

Jeff Langer
Bell Labs

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