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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3062)6/22/1999 10:06:00 AM
From: Janice Shell  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3795
 
Perhaps in some sense to this point: a few years ago Roger Myers, BW's counsel, represented a California ISP called Electriciti in a lawsuit known as Aquino v. Electriciti.

Electriciti had been sued by a couple of nutball Satanists who wanted to hold the ISP liable for what they claimed to be libelous statements made by people accessing Usenet groups through Electriciti.

Myers successfully argued that Electriciti was only the means of transmission of the material in question, not its originator or "publisher", and therefore was not liable.



To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (3062)6/22/1999 10:14:00 AM
From: Ken D  Respond to of 3795
 
My first thought on precedent matches Jorj's. Perhaps they want
to be let off the hook for chasing after people, so of course they
aren't going to chase after someone who deserves it.
Instead they chase after someone else. When they lose they will
try to use that precedent to justify not pursuing anyone, anyhow.
Of course this is a completely different circumstance than a case of fraud...


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