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From: trek-info@scam.Berkeley.EDU (Jim "The Big Dweeb" Griffith)
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Subject: Problems with Tribune Media Services - Apparent Conclusion
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Date: 16 Mar 90 23:24:18 GMT
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Sigh.  I have heard back from TMS, and their policy is not to allow reprinting
without an appropriate usage fee per article reprinted.  Since I am working
in a non-profit capacity, their fee for me is only $30 per article.  I cannot
comply with this, of course.

Accordingly, whenever I receive an acceptable submission quoting material
from TMS, I will post the article with appropriate references for interested
readers and replace the quoted material with the following statement:

        [Note - Tribune Media Services has refused me the right to
         reproduce material distributed by them, unless I pay a usage
         fee per reprinted article.  Since I am working in a volunteer
         capacity, it is both unreasonable and impractical for me to
         comply with their conditions.  As such, I am not allowed to
         reprint the article in question and it has been deleted - ed.]

(Both my contact and the President of TMS are aware that I am doing this.)

Please do not stop sending in any article you read from any source that
you feel is acceptable for r.a.s.i.  If it is from a TMS publication or
otherwise syndicated by TMS, please tell me.  Since I will be calling up
the publication to receive permission to reprint, it's not crucial that
you know for a fact that it is or isn't a TMS publication.  This will
primarily affect submissions of "Marilyn Beck's Grapevine".

				Jim

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