From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 11:18:13 +0800
To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
Subject: Re: An alternative to remailer shutdowns (fwd)
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On Tue, 21 May 1996, snow wrote:

> On Mon, 20 May 1996, Jim Choate wrote:
> > Forwarded message:
> > > Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 15:02:08 -0700
> > > From: Hal <hfinney@shell.portal.com>
> > > Subject: An alternative to remailer shutdowns
> > > was apparently sent through my remailer.  According to 18 USC 875(c),
> > > "Whoever transmits in interstate commerce any communication containing


I don't have time to do it just now.   Look in the definitions section
under "transmit" and I bet you will find language that suggests it is the
original transmitter, not innocent intermediaries, which are liable under
the statute.

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