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16632: RE: Digital Property Law [was RE: [MUD-Dev] Selling training]

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From: "Koster, Raph" <rkoster@verant.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:23:57 -0800
Organization: Kanga.Nu
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu 
> [mailto:mud-dev-admin@kanga.nu]On Behalf Of
> Matt Mihaly
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 2:42 AM
> To: mud-dev@kanga.nu
> Subject: Re: Digital Property Law [was RE: [MUD-Dev] Selling training]

> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, rayzam wrote:
 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <the_logos@www.achaea.com>
>> To: <mud-dev@kanga.nu>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 3:22 PM
>> Subject: RE: Digital Property Law [was RE: [MUD-Dev] Selling training]

>>> I think that is a little far-fetched. The sole example I can think
>>> of where an organization is required (or even allowed) to have its
>>> own police and court systems is the military, which is a special
>>> case.
  
> > Actually, many private academic institutions have both those >
> rights. And people pay for the privilege too.
 
> What? If I'm raped, I have a right to use the police and court
> systems. I'm not even legally allowed to sign away that right.

Yes, but many universities maintain their own police forces that work
in conjunction with the local police. They are not merely security,
they are actual police. On many large campuses, a rape incident is
investigated by the campus police, not the town police.

And they can and do selectively enforce laws based on the university's
laws.  For example, on my undergrad campues there was a celebration
for May Day.  The custom was to walk around naked that day. The campus
police winked and nodded. If you crossed the street, though, the town
police would nab you.  (One year, the campus police set towels by the
side of the road so you could wrap yourself in it, cross, then leave
it at the other side for the next person)...

-Raph
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