From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-10-21 01:14:04 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Usenet and Re: extortion via digital cash
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> In the U.S., at least, attempts to enforce identification of Internet users
> or anonymous posters to newgroups and such are likely to meet with stiff
> legal resistance. The Supreme Court has ruled that anonymous use of
> protected speech (e.g., political handbills) must be permitted.
>
Unless you are in Georgia.
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