Re: IP: Germany admits probe; claims CompuServe blocked voluntarily

[John Perry Barlow <barlow () eff org>]

At 10:41 AM 12/29/95, Dave Farber wrote:


> It is only proper now to ask, "Who's lying?"  Either CompuServe was ordered
> to block the newsgroups, as it asserts, or it did so voluntarily, as the
> German government says.


After several days of investigation, I would say they're both confused and
that if any overt lying is going on, it's primarily CompuServe doing it.
Truly a tempest in a teapot.




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