RE: Rules

[Dale Goble <gobled@uidaho.edu>]

On Tue, 2 Jun 1998, John Teeter wrote:

> the archives could pose a problem anyway -- (potentiallly) libelous
statements can still
> be made by people who subscribe and attach their name to a piece of mail.
> 
> If it goes into the archive, then we (fsr) are the publisher of the
statement - implying implicit
> support of the statements made:(  So at some point, there still may be a
need to 

John -- from my understanding of the intersection of defamation and
internet law, FSR does not become a publisher by providing listserver
services.  There was a recent decision involving AOL that reached that
conclusion and i think that the consensus is that it is the correct
decision given the technology.

Dale Goble
Moscow