Infringement or impingement: carving out an actual knowledge defense for Sysops facing strict liability
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A survey of system operators who operate bulletin board services accessible via the Internet and who may also offer Internet access was conducted to determine the feasibility of applying strict liability to online services. As computer networks, which offer online services, are the 21st century equivalent of a public forum, speech online is subject to the same speech restrictions on private property. However, findings show that strict liability cannot be appropriately implemented against online services. The passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act provides online services relative freedom to function as intended without having to track their content for infringing material.
Publication Name: Journalism & Mass Communication Monographs
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 1077-6966
Year: 1998
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Seeking higher ground with Tony Lukas
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Two individuals who were subjects of late author and journalist Tony Lukas' book 'Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families' praise Lucas for his investigative abilities, compassion and obsession with accuracy. They also say that Lukas could get even the most reluctant subjects to open up about themselves because of the gentle way he asked questions and attention he paid to their answers.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 1998
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Bulletin from the future. It's 2096. Please sharpen your pencils
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An global emergency has arisen due to a virus-caused computer shutdown Emergency supplies of pencils are being distributed but only a week supply is left. The monolithic US newspaper publisher is issuing a few paper bulletins and reopening printing presses that were stopped a decade ago.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1996
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