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1996-01-30 - Re: [FACTS] Germany, or “Oh no not again”

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-01-30 05:25:05 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 13:25:05 +0800

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From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr. Dimitri Vulis)
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 13:25:05 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: [FACTS] Germany, or "Oh no not again"
In-Reply-To: <9601292106.AA15042@alpha>
Message-ID: <1mwHiD103w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
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m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally) writes:
> Thomas Roessler writes:
>  >                      ... In particular, they are right now
>  > *checking* whether providing internet access is a criminal
>  > offence due to the possibility to gain access to `inciting
>  > material' (the German word is `Volksverhetzung') via the Net.
>
> If so, then this humble non-lawyer would suggest to the prosecutors
> that they go after travel agencies next, because they sell airline
> tickets that could be used to travel to countries where offensive
> material is available.

Isn't there something in U.S. Code about crossing state lines
for immoral purposes?

(While I'm thoroughly disgusted by the German government's censorship,
let's not forget that the U.S. is no paradigm of freedom either.)

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
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