Subj : computer chronicles:
To   : Daniel
From : August Abolins
Date : Sat Apr 25 2020 00:36:05

On 4/24/2020 4:02 AM, between "Daniel : Kurt Weiske":

 Da>> Downloading it now from bottomless abyss bbs. I'll let you
 Da>> know how I like it.

 KW>> Wasn't Tom Jennings and/or Tim Pozar on one of the
 KW>> episodes? I'm pretty sure they filmed in the SF bay area.

 D> It was quite an episode. ...It's interesting that
 D> the district attorney in that interview was already
 D> discussing criminal uses of BBS's even in those early days.
 D> It blows me away.

I thought it was amazing that a lawyer contributed some "concerns" back then 
too.

But today, liability on the "provider" has been actually reduced based on a 
recent story I read somewhere. I will try to dig it up.  Meanwhile, the judge 
opined that since no one actually reads the User Agreements (UAs) or that they 
are too long, or that they are hard to locate, dismisses the liability of the 
service provider *AND* the user!  Maybe I am paraphrasing that poorly.  I will 
see if I can find the original article/judgment.



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