rp321@uiucuxa.CSO.UIUC.EDU (09/29/85)
[Does the line eater really exist?????] 9/28/85 Recently I heard rumors that Congress was considering passing a bill which would severely restrict public bulletin board systems, perhaps requiring: * Registration of all BBS's as public utilities. * BBS users to log in with, and post their legal names. * SYSOPS to keep a log of all names of users. * SYSOPS to keep a log of all messages and access times. * Criminal penalties for SYSOPS whose BBS'es had illegal messages posted on them -- even if the SYSOP was not aware of the message and had not been informed of the message, and had not had a chance to remove it! Does anyone out in net-land know any more about this legislation, which was supposedly going to be introduced in mid-July? Please send mail to me, and if I receive enough replies I'll post a summary to this net. Thanks, Russell J. Price USPS: 1111 S. Arbor St. Champaign, IL 61820 ARPA: rp321@uiucuxa.Uiuc.ARPA