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Subject: 
Re: 2001 Set info
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:46:28 GMT
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Sites only have 2 choices. Either they control things or they don't. This is a
controlled site, using very effective and benign mechanisms, but it's
controlled nevertheless and thus does not have the "common carrier" defense
(in the US legal system, I'm not talking about barbarian states like Canada or
the UK :-) ) against libel and defamation that an uncontrolled site does (if
it still does, under CDA as another poster points out, it may be a moot
distinction).


To claify, this distinction was reiterated in DCMA (sorry don't have USs # for
it), so is still offerable as protection (witness Napster as a example)



James P



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  Re: 2001 Set info
 
(...) What, are you TRYING to annoy me here? You've edited Todd's and my words by trimming away most of the sentence to make it look like I am agreeing with Todd's definition. Gentle readers, do not be fooled by Scott's action here. Scott, I'm (...) (24 years ago, 9-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.admin.general)

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