Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!decwrl!decwrl!pacbell.com!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!sunic!news.funet.fi!ngw!news.funet.fi!not-for-mail From: "David H. Brown" Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Adult BBS Systems Beware Date: 8 Mar 1994 17:09:01 +0200 Organization: FUNET-NGW Lines: 19 Sender: daemon@news.funet.fi Distribution: alt Message-ID: <9403081504.AA09324@dayton.wright.edu> Reply-To: "David H. Brown" NNTP-Posting-Host: news.funet.fi Return-Path: <@UCCVMA.UCOP.EDU:ab540@DAYTON.WRIGHT.EDU> Comments: To: cdrom-l@uccvma.ucop.edu To: CDROM-L Redistribution > The EFF has issued a warning to sysops that the following > files, which depict any of the following acts, are illegal > in all 50 states and can subject the sysop to prosecution, > regardless of whether the sysop knows about the files or > not: > > -- Depiction of actual sex acts in progress > > -- Depiction of an erect penis Now, let me see if I've got this right: It's _not_ illegal to provide this type of material on videotape in all 50 states, but it _is_ illegal to provide it on computer media? Help me, Mr. Wizard! Also, the idea that the sysop is liable even if he/she is unaware that the files exist seems to violate at least the spirit of the Steve Jackson games case. Hope the EFF is fighting this as well as warning us about it.