Path: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-feed1.tiac.net!news.thecia.net!shell.thecia.net!kibo From: meowForce Newsgroups: alt.wired,news.groups,alt.webgod,misc.legal,news.admin.censorship,alt.censorship Subject: LAWSUIT/Tim Skirvin's Dean Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:41:33 -0400 Organization: Complete Internet Access, Inc Lines: 108 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: shell.thecia.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org cc: d-shoe@uiuc.edu In-Reply-To: Xref: vixen.cso.uiuc.edu alt.wired:70134 news.groups:274455 misc.legal:221218 news.admin.censorship:39451 alt.censorship:187943 For the purposes of the Lawsuit, keep the Dean at UIUC notified of all Skirvin's illegal cancelations. His address is in the header. On Sat, 14 Jun 1997, boursy wrote: > Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 11:23:18 -0400 (EDT) > From: boursy > Reply-To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org > To: freedom-knights@jetcafe.org > Subject: Re: Just the facts (fwd) > Keep sending a photocopy of all complaints about Skirvin to his Dean, whose name is George Badger. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Fri, 13 Jun 1997 12:19:11 -0500 > From: Tim Skirvin > Reply-To: tskirvin@uiuc.edu > To: Ed Krol > Cc: boursy@dhp.com > Subject: Re: Just the facts > > > There have been a significant number of email messages concerning > > possible Internet abuse in relation to a variety of newsgroups. In > > an effort to clarify and focus the discussion, I have tried to underlying > > issues and they are spelled out below as I understand them. Are > > these correct? The following was gleaned out of a number of email > > messages which did not clearly state the problem nor any particular > > instance of the abuse, so the actions are all deduced and alleged: > > > > 1. There exists a moderated news group(s) for which Skirvin is the moderator. > > Three of them, yes. > And all three of these are illegal actions, which are going to get UIUC sued in a class-action Lawsuit. > > This means that according to net convention it is not a public place and all > > posts should go through the moderator who decides whether they are > > appropriate or not. > > Correct. > Tim Skirvin's attempts to act as a "moderator" are just utter censorship, as well as being illegal. No excuse justifies forgery of a third party's posting which is what UIUC is doing right now, through Tim Skirvin, their Student. > > 2. Boursy's attempted posts to this group are denied by Skirvin. In response > > using his technical skills Boursy bypasses the editorial control thereby > > causing his message to appear in the newsgroup over the objections of the > > moderator. > > Actually, I don't think he's tried to do this in my groups for a > while. He did do this for a group that I don't moderate, news.answers; I > complained to his postmaster over that, and warned the news.answers staff > of the problem. > > > 3. Sanctioned controls available to the moderator of a group only allow > > him/her to control entry of a post to the group and not to affect a posting > > once this has occured. His controls, having been bypassed, > > Skirvin uses his technical skills to cause Boursy's posts to be canceled, > > which he does by posing as Boursy and canceling issuing a self cancel. > > Not entirely correct - the 'Sender' line of the cancel must match > the original poster, so as to show who wrote the post being cancelled. > All other headers point directly at me. In essence, I'm not 'posing as > Boursy', I'm just (correctly) noting that the posts being cancelled were > originally written by him. > > > Because some of the concerns allege email forgery, you are welcome to > > reply by postal mail. > > If this is a problem, I can use PGP. > > - Tim Skirvin (tskirvin@uiuc.edu) > -- > Skirv's Homepage<*> > The Killfile Dungeon > Everyone remwember that Tim Skirvin's every action shall be brought out in a Federal Court Lawsuit against UIUC. The Defendants already included are: George Badger John Stukel Bob Foertsch Philippe Tonbeur Dick Alkire Jessie Delia Dr. Larry Faulkner Bruce Gletty Dave Shoemaker Those UIUC individuals are currently aiding Tim Skirvin in his illegal forgeries and cancelations of other people's articles. -=| KIBO is EVERYWHERE! |=-