From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 03:54:49 +0800
To: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@krypton.mankato.msus.edu>
Subject: Re: Is ths legal?...
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On Sat, 16 Dec 1995, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

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> On Sat, 16 Dec 1995, tallpaul wrote:
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> > Second, if it is true, people frequently define the ability to do something
> > as a "privledge" not a "right." As in a hypothetical "Use of student
> > accounts at O.U. is a privledge extended to the students by the University.
> > By using our computer you keep to our rules, including abandoning any
> > notion you might have that your communications are in any way private" etc.
> > etc. 
> 
> I believe there is a supreme court case that essentially says that a 
> public entity cannot define something as either privledge or right. 

I this ruling would prevent the Supreme Court from defining 
something as a privledge or right.

It would also pose this limitation on states, as they are public 
entities, and thus driver's licenses cannot be defined as one or the 
other, which as we all very well know, they are.
 I'm 
> not sure the name, but the EFF has an abstract available.
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