On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Anita Cohen-Williams wrote: > People, > > My net.kook is still going strong and is raising hell on another list. I am in > contact with the lawyers at his university, but they have little or no > understanding of what Internet is, let alone what rights the university has in > stopping this person. The net.kook is threatening to sue anyone who gets in > his way of his "First Amendment rights" to say whatever he wants on the Net. > > I plan to do a search of the LSTOWN-L archives, so I can send the lawyers some > relevant information (like the legal opinion from the University of Kentucky), > and possibly some contact people who can point them in the right directions. > > While I wait for my results, can anyone help out with any cases/precedednts > that they know of? (I know that I have asked this before, but need to again.) > > Some background info: this person is using discussion lists to libel, slander, > and otherwise say anything he wants to about everyone he can think of. He > doesn't appear to care whether they are on the Net or not. He has been booted > off several lists, including my own, and now he is claiming that we are > denying him his First Amendment rights. The university has no idea what to do > with him, and his university account. > > Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library > Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 > PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 > [log in to unmask] Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD, SUB-ARCH > What is your University's policy on the use of meeting rooms? Can anyone barge into an official meeting and disrupt it? If your University is hosting a conference or symposium, can anyone come in and disrupt those proceedings? A mailing list should be treated as a virtual meeting room. Sanjay Kapur