Posted by
ryuzaki0
on from the for-the-moment-anyway dept.
pnevares writes "CNet has the news that the UDP on @Home has been lifted, apparently before the close of business Tuesday. They still have a 30-day probation, but the UDP [Usenet Death Penalty] will not go into effect."
Re:"Self-appointed administrators"?
by
EvilAlien
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· Score: 3
Furthermore, that is how Usenet works. It used to be how the Internet worked, more or less. The fact is, its the admins who own the boxes, and they have the right to decide which packets they accept.
There is this frightening misconception among some naive users that they have a right to send email, post whatever they wish, etc, but they forget that someone elses property has to be involved in propagating their material. This translates to the use of the network and associated services being a PRIVALEDGE, not a RIGHT.
What about free speech? Well, everone still should have the freedom to say what they want, however they don't have to freedom to force others to carry the message and distribute it.
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Furthermore, that is how Usenet works. It used to be how the Internet worked, more or less. The fact is, its the admins who own the boxes, and they have the right to decide which packets they accept.
There is this frightening misconception among some naive users that they have a right to send email, post whatever they wish, etc, but they forget that someone elses property has to be involved in propagating their material. This translates to the use of the network and associated services being a PRIVALEDGE, not a RIGHT.
What about free speech? Well, everone still should have the freedom to say what they want, however they don't have to freedom to force others to carry the message and distribute it.
perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5, (41*2), sqrt(7056), (unpack(c,H)-2), oct(115), 10)'