1996-12-09 - Re: PICS is not censorship

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
Message Hash: 45d6c21da451928637a2794d74c390b28e05702882c253be117b0403a022fa1c
Message ID: <3.0.32.19961208203718.00692ac8@netcom14.netcom.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-12-09 04:37:17 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 20:37:17 -0800 (PST)

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 20:37:17 -0800 (PST)
To: thad@hammerhead.com (Thaddeus J. Beier)
Subject: Re: PICS is not censorship
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At 07:18 PM 12/8/96 -0800, Thaddeus J. Beier wrote:
>I think that most of the PICS labels that are on web pages will be those
>generated by scripts from groups like RSACi. (http://www.rsac.org)
>These groups have contracts that require you to not lie when you fill out their
>questionnaires, and if you do lie, you are in breach of contract and should expect
>to be sued by them.

So what is going to happen if I generate one of their tags from scratch without filling out their questionnaire? Are they going to sue me, claiming that they own an html tag? Can one own an html tag?





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