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From: ingoldsb@ctycal.COM (Terry Ingoldsby)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: UUCP map for u.fra.0 (from comp.mail.maps)
Summary: Play ball or go home
Message-ID: <404@ctycal.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jul 89 23:21:03 GMT
References: <7106@ki4pv.uucp>
Organization: The City of Calgary, Ab
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In article <7106@ki4pv.uucp>, tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) writes:
> It has been pointed out via e-mail tha EUUG actively sues people who
> turn the map entries into mailing lists, and that the copyright
> supports this activity.

Usenet functions on the free passage of information.  My feeling is that
people/groups not agreeing with this philosophy don't have the right to
participate in the benefits of the net.  I do understand that the users
in France probably aren't any happier with the copyright than we
(news administrators) are.  Nonetheless, I don't have time to go through
5 Mbytes/day looking for copyright notices.  Much easier for me just to
fire all postings from sites known to use copyrights to the bit bucket.

Sorry for the tough stance, but this sort of thing should be nipped in
the bud!


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  Terry Ingoldsby                       ctycal!ingoldsb@calgary.UUCP
  Land Information Systems                           or
  The City of Calgary         ...{alberta,ubc-cs,utai}!calgary!ctycal!ingoldsb