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- DUE WARNING AND SYSOP'S LEGAL LIABILITY 22-1
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- 22. DUE WARNING AND SYSOP'S LEGAL LIABILITY
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- While no definitive case-law or legislation exists defining the liabilities
- of System Operators, every SysOp should assume that they are as responsible
- for their own actions when running an electronic bulletin board system as
- they would be for any other action as a citizen of the United States who
- chooses to exercise their right to freedom of speech. One of the unique
- features of RBBS-PC is that users have to OVERTLY register themselves --
- even when the RBBS-PC is "open" to the general public. This gives each
- SysOp the opportunity to give every user "due notice" and require each user
- to actively acknowledge such notice. Every SysOp should consider the legal
- issues, and provide proper notice to all callers.
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