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To: RTev who wrote (23967)	6/10/1999 4:02:00 PM
From: banker's lady	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 74651

"Consumers could actually be harmed by including the browser" I'm no lawyer.. but this sure seems to me to be dangerous ground for the government to be treading. Seems that if they get away with finding a company culpable for damages based on the "potential for harm" (ie: including a browser because it "may" allow viruses a means of entry).. look at what a precedent this sets.. good lord! Nearly every product man can conceive of has the "potential to give rise to harm".... and what about those companies who give away browers for free then? Netscape, Neoplanet etc.. would they then be liable to face charges for distribution of a potentially harmful substance (product)? Oh the ramifications & ripple effecs could make lawyers rich for millenia off of this argument alone! Humm.. the government gave access to the internet to the public... the internet could allow a portal for viruses to harm consumer's computers! Therefore is the internet using population of the earth entitled to bring suit against the government for providing a product that could cause harm?? Ahhh.. it boggles the mind!!