taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (02/17/87)
Now that stargate is available, I'm very interested in finding out what is being sent down the wire... As the moderator of two (maybe three) groups, I would also like to announce that I have decided *not* to allow my groups to be sent via stargate. This is to protect not only myself but the people who post to the groups from any possible legal action due to it being over the public airwaves now rather than an explicit, requested, point-to-point system that UUCP was. The groups I moderate are "mod.comp-soc" and "mod.conferences". I would like to hear from others on their feelings on this issue, and would like to encourage Lauren (the main person behind stargate) to engage a lawyer to write up a brief on the legal ramifications of information sent over public airwaves and the culpability of the various parties involved therein, especially in the areas of defamation of character and such. (Having it scrambled is not enough to avoid this, and there is legal precendence too, I believe) -- Dave Taylor --