Off topic, Gore and the internet (don't read if not interested)

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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:


It doesn't. It says what subject matter is allowed. ISP's
are required to use terms of service that require their
members to comply with the charter.


, no they aren't..

If they don't, and the members from that ISP repeatedly
violate the charters of usenet, then access to the group is
cut off.


Nope.


Yup. *LOTS* of places drop _everything_ from alt.net on the floor for
that precise reason.

Try komplaining to mine, sunshine...

I have no plan to do so. This is a gentle reminder, even if
you plan to ignore your responsibilities.

My responsibility is to behave ccording to the user's agreement of my
provider.

That is the extent of your _legal_ responsibility, yes.

"moral" responsibility extends to include recognizing that _other_people_
make their resourses available to you "at no cost" on the expectation that
you will use those resources _only_ for the intended purposes.

Alt.net, corporately, doesn't think that that "respect for other's property"
is important.

Alt.net users have rather spotty propogation of their postings as a result.

Everybody ends up happy.