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Roger Clarke's 'Regulation of Bulletin-Boards'

Senate Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies
Public Seminar on the Regulation of Bulletin Board Systems
4 April 1995
Background to the Technology and the Issues

Roger Clarke, Reader in Information Systems

Department of Commerce

Australian National University

Roger.Clarke@anu.edu.au

© Australian National University, 1995

This document is at http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/BBSReg.html


Overheads

Bulletin Board System (BBS)

a 'facility' which enables 'computer-readable materials' to be stored by one person at one point in time, and 'accessed' by another person at a later point in time

Computer-Readable Materials include:


The Two-Phase Use of Bulletin Board Systems


Some Basics About BBS

A BBS Operator is the organisation, unincorporated body, or individual responsible for the provision of the service

The person who performs the work may be referred to variously as:

The motivation(s) for a BBS Operator may include:

Functions commonly performed:

Functions generally not performed:


The Diversity of BBS

Various Classes

Differences

Proliferation and Popularisation
Geographical Reach


The Quickly-Growing Sophistication of BBS

Access Alternatives

The Volume of Materials
The Number of BBSs
Navigation Intermediaries
Storage Intermediaries


Some Key Regulatory Issues



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From the site's beginnings in August 1994 until February 2009, the infrastructure was provided by the Australian National University. During that time, the site accumulated close to 30 million hits. It passed 65 million in early 2021.

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