stanton@lurch.stanford.edu (Scott Stanton) (06/05/91)
In article <1991Jun4.184604.27133@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (I will *not* justify my actions) writes:
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So what IS the difference between printed media and electronic media?
David Barberi
One big difference is that the contents of electronic media sometimes
looks like print and sometimes looks like speech. And since which it
is often depends on "tricky details" like context, the legal system
seems to have decided to punt on the issue for now and afford it
neither set of protections.
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--Scott Stanton (stanton@cs.stanford.edu)
--dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (I will *not* justify my actions) (06/05/91)
>turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes... >>alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon) writes: >> In many bookstores, one can buy >>books that (1) recommend marijuana growth and use, (2) describe >>how to grow hemp indoors and outdoors, and (3) how to best avoid >>getting caught. > >As the PHREAK trials have shown there is a difference between printed media >and electronic media. Though one can also look up some scientific periodicals >(Botanical Gazette comes to mind) and find article about growing it. So what IS the difference between printed media and electronic media? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Barberi | "Support the Electronic Frontier Foundation!" | Syracuse University |--------------------------------------------------| S.I. Newhouse School of | Bitnet: Dbarberi@SUNRISE | Public Communications | Internet: Dbarberi@Rodan.acs.syr.edu | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) (06/06/91)
In article <1991Jun4.184604.27133@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (I will *not* justify my actions) writes: > > So what IS the difference between printed media and electronic media? > Idiot juries, judges, and lawyers understand print media, and they do not understand electronic media. -- The Ravings of the Insane Maniac Sameer Parekh -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM
mauler@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (06/11/91)
In article <1991Jun05.183440.29680@ddsw1.MCS.COM>, zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes: > In article <1991Jun4.184604.27133@rodan.acs.syr.edu> dbarberi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (I will *not* justify my actions) writes: >> >> So what IS the difference between printed media and electronic media? >> > Idiot juries, judges, and lawyers understand print media, and they > do not understand electronic media. > Since they do not understand it, they treat it as the worst possible case for either printed text or speech (i.e., whatever you're being charged with using the electronic media as evidence just got ten times worse). Either that, or they throw it out of court since it can be easily changed. Throwing it out usually only occurs when it is evidence in your favor... > -- > The Ravings of the Insane Maniac Sameer Parekh -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM > >