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echo: fidonews
to: KURT WEISKE
from: ALAN IANSON
date: 2015-09-01 10:55:00
subject: Re: Z1C

On 09/01/15, Kurt Weiske said the following...
 
 KW>  AI> It certainly covers the technical side of echomail. But then there is
 KW>  AI> the content side. Do you want to / can you police the content of
 KW>  AI> echomail?
 KW> 
 KW> And do you want to be liable for missing content that's legal
 KW> and/or otherwise actionable when you've made a claim to controlling
 KW> content? That was the common carrier argument from back in the 80s. We
 KW> provide a service, we can't possibly monitor every message going
 KW> through the network. Otherwise, imagine the liabilities...

Another side of the coin I never even thought about. We might need some
standard disclaimers. :)

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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