Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!apple!hercules!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!Seitz From: Seitz@cup.portal.com (Matthew Eric Seitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Illegal Editing, Tampering of ST Report by Greg Lindahl Message-ID: <30292@cup.portal.com> Date: 29 May 90 07:10:33 GMT References: <2824@bdt.UUCP> <1990May28.135557.26202@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 56 >>Specifically, there is evidence of Greg Lindahl's having deleted large >>segments of ST Report, changed its content to suit his tastes, and added some >>of his own information to the issues of ST Report which he later E-Mailed to >>other people on Usenet. >> >>Since ST Report is a copyrighted publication, and such editing is illegal, >>Ralph Mariano wishes to express his sentiments that if Greg Lindahl is indeed >>doing such a thing, that he stop immediately, because such actions would >>incriminate both Greg Lindahl and other sources which he uses in the course o f >>perpretrating such acts. >> >> >>Having been asked to post this message by Ralph Mariano (Publisher of ST >>Report), I also relay his request for dialogue with him on this matter.... >Well, it is no secret that Greg and I disagree on quite a few issues, but >I think he is justified in his activities. Namely, he edits out all the >advertisements and dead wood from the report. Not only do I appreciate >this personally (it saves me from paging through all the crap), but it >also saves the net money. Why should the net be paying to distribute >10K of advertisements each week? Why? Because ST Report is a copyrighted work, and those advertisements are part of that work. If you don't like distributing the magazine with the ads either 1) ask the author for permission or 2) don't distribute the magazine . Why? To do otherwise is illegal and unethical. >ST Report is plain trashy. It is often inaccurate, the author frequently >shows his personal bias in reviews, and the advertisements are >a bit much. Doesn't justify illegal distribution. > That is why I unsubscribed from it months ago. I can't >justify using 80K of disk space each week to hold that shabby >magazine. That is the proper response. Matt Seitz seitz@cup.portal.com >------------------------------+--------------------------- >Chris Mauritz |Where there's a BEER, >cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu |there's a plan. >(c)All rights reserved. | >Send flames to /dev/null |Air Warrior is king! >------------------------------+--------------------------- P.S. Yes, Chris's article is a copyrighted work that I have just edited. The difference, as I understand copyright law, is that I am excerpting portions without permission for purposes of discussion and criticism. Greg is redistributing the work as a replacement for the original.