gabriel rosenkoetter on 9 Feb 2004 12:50:03 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] VoiceNet Rumors?


On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 07:41:43AM -0500, Jon Nelson wrote:
> First we must all realize that we don't know all the facts behind this case.

Obviously, true. I'm making assumptions based on the tabloid,
actively inflammatory, during-sweeps-week article I read on a local
news station's website.

I know what sweeps week does to television, and I know a few people
who work at Voicenet peripherally.

> A _possible_ scenario is that someone reported to Voicenet the presence of
> child pornography on their servers and Voicenet failed to report it to the
> National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

That's possible, but it's not what was described in the news
article. They describe looking at the website, talking to experts,
and showing up at Voicenet when the cops paraded servers out.

>  Their claim was basically, "...it wasn't their responsibility to enforce
> public decency laws, nor are they responsible for the content."  A search
> warrant was served and their servers taken.  I don't know the eventual
> outcome though.

It'd be interesting to know.

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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