-LAW: LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND
SYSTEM OPERATOR LIABILITY[FN+]
David J. Loundy[FN*]... ............. 81
II. Computer Information Systems Defined............ 82
A. Bulletin Board Systems....................... 82
B. Teletex
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Bulletin Board Systems . . . . . . . . . . 33
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corporate and government computer systems using their
home computer and a ... include electronic
bulletin board systems (BBS), voice mail boxes,
bridges... ave messages to other users of the
system. These messages are not private and anyone
Due to the nature of computer systems and their
transnational connectio... opyright laws be
enhanced and computer systems should be created to allow those
who wish to explore computer systems which will not disrupt the
users of computer systems.
This paper will first set out a
he Character of Collective Goods 24
Accounting Systems and Misunderstandings 25
Data 28
Co... are tangible, like common pastures or irrigation systems, others
are intangible goods like goodwill, trus... t yet well known or set fast in a codified formal system.
Cyberspace and Virtual Worlds
Virtual interacti... ted from the banks of every computer in the human
system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged
ress
conference was announced for July 16. The system operator of the
Private Sector BBS attempted to ... s knew each other." The ACLU believes
that the system operator's rights were violated, as he was assume... is effort. Rockoff panicked, and on July 31, the
system operator had a new charge against him, "wiring up... of the Private Sector BBS stand fully behind the system
operator. As soon as the equipment is returned,
A users guide to the operation of remote CP/M systems.
by
... ODUCTION
When logging onto my first RCP/M system (Seneca, when it was
still in El Paso), I was confronted with a system that was
totally alien to me. My only contact with bulletin board systems
until then had been with Compuserve and some l
rnative to this. Computer-mediated communications systems
(CMCS's) use computers and telecommunications n... e basic
types of computer-mediated communication systems: email, news, and
chat programs. 'Email', or electronic mail, allows users of computer
systems to send messages to each other. 'News' allows us...
environment. But computer-mediated communication systems are not -
either theoretically or in practice -
Adult areas, mostly in #87. For some
reason, the system is not putting the current date on these when the... I drive, which does not affect the running of the system. The satellite
dish is working again. Turned ou... eed to get the satellite operating again, but the system itself
should run OK (I hope). Enough is enough ... 14, 1995 9:00 PM
We are still working on the system. Picked up the server late this after-
noon, com
swer 1: Not so surprisingly, thousands of sysops (system operators of
other bulletin boards) are callers t... popular feature is our Hyperscan(tm)
in the file system. Our <S>can command will search through 20,000 f... having 130,000+ active messages in our conference system is enough
to keep many callers happy. All 130,00... THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF FILES YOU CAN DOWNLOAD. Some systems stand in the way of your fun
with these ridiculo
erned with those mindless fools who log onto
your system day and night. Sit back and relax folks, cause th... eve just how often they
call and tie up the system.
6) The Non-sysop.
This is perhaps the m... s of types of losers who frequent your individual system;
based upon these facts, only THEN can you form a... failure to
comply with the regulations of the system.
Sysop: What the hell is wrong with you, you m
The hacker who manages to guess his way into some system and then writes a 2900
sector, 43 part file, ... ainment
is knowing that he has destroyed some system. None of it makes any difference,
everyone is do... ll him that you
can bring down the world's phone systems by repeating the latin mass backwards,
while pr... ackers use black
magic sex rites to destroy phone system." Saying he has no idea of what he's talking
abou
king
hour BBSing, you need to be selective in the system you choose to use.
Here's some helpful hints to g... tell a lot about the SYSOP without seeing the
system in action. As you log on, what is the flavour of... d
take your business elsewhere.
2. Does the system provide adequate telecommunications support, such
as a high enough baud rate? Systems which don't provide at least
9600 baud today
arious Computing
RoundTables throughout the GEnie system.
Interested? To read the latest issue(s),... and IBM will soon be pushing their new bookmaker system. It goes
by many names - Electronic Publishing, ... porated a unique indexing
""""""""""""""""" system to help make reading the magazine easier.
To utilize this system, load GEnieLamp into any ASCII word processor
Pr
computers and especially in the analysis of UNIX
systems.
3. We also request that Sergeant Abigail A... osted on the RIPCO BBS are not concealed from the system
administrator of the BBS and could be seen by the system administrator
during an examination of the BBS.
... volving computer hackers, computer bulletin board
systems (see Definitions section below), and the abuse o