Re: New FAQ sites? (was Re: Nathan does it again!)

["Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley" <cturley@grin.net>]

Edward Franks wrote:
 " If I understand the law correctly, if you copyright something _and_ then
offer it to the public (publish it), you *can't*, in the US, deny
someone access to that product without violating the anti-discrimination
laws.

        In effect, the only way, in the US, to legally deny a particular
person access to copyrighted material is to deny it to *everyone*.  You
can't pick and choose who you 'sell' things to.  The various Civil
Rights laws mandate equal access.

        The irony would be that Nathan could be breaking the law as badly
as the people he wants to stop.

        Hmm.  I wonder if Congress or the courts have decided if posting
things on a website is 'publishing' in the legal sense."

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I reply: You are correct in your understanding, Nathan is breaking the law in
many areas and the courts have decided that all such Internet FAQ and related 
media on a web site and its pages is defined as 'publishing'.

These are all issues along with many others I'll be addressing in legal actions 
against Nathan and his ISP in the very near future.

Sincerely,
Charles T. Turley