Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!bdt!bbs From: MICHAEL_ARTHUR@bdt.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Illegal Editing, Tampering of ST Report by Greg Lindahl Message-ID: <2948@bdt.UUCP> Date: 2 Jun 90 03:24:47 GMT Sender: bbs@bdt.UUCP Reply-To: MICHAEL_ARTHUR@bdt.UUCP Organization: Beckemeyer Development Tools BBS Lines: 118 Here is what Ralph Mariano has said (in this week's issue of ST Report) concerning the "Greg Lindahl" issue > COPYRIGHT! STR Spotlight? STReport "chopped up" by college student ======================== THEY SHOULD KNOW BETTER ======================= by R.F. Mariano Copyright violations of all types are, for practical purposes, an integral part of the computing community. Oddly enough, the most serious offenders frequently appear to be those who do or, at least should, know better that to perpetrate such non-sense. From outright theft of software to the brazen copyright infractions recently brought to our attention, it would appear that people have little or no respect for the rights of others regardless of the damage or harm they cause. STReport finds its issues are, at this time, being sent through USENET by Greg Lindahl, who apparently is under the misguided impression that he has been granted some sort of editorial powers beyond the bounds of the copyright notice contained in each of our issues. It seems this young man, by his own messages, openly admits having edited and/or deleted various items from STReport. A number of well meaning individuals who frequent Usenet have brought this serious matter to our attention. They have clearly stated that this is an ongoing situation and have provided STReport with sufficient materials to substantiate their allegations. Further on, we present an excerpt from the materials. STReport formally requests of Mr. Lindahl; Please discontinue your editorial activities immediately. Additionally, to all parties concerned, STReport Online Magazine may be retransmitted in any form provided each issue transmitted is complete and complies fully with the copyright notice posted in each issue. Portal-Rmail-To: ordania-dm@cup.portal.com Received: by portal.portal.com (1.14) id AA10408; Wed, 23 May 90 06:31:09 PDT Received: from Sun.COM (sun-barr) by sun.Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA22104; Wed, 23 May 90 03:23:05 PDT Received: from uvaarpa.virginia.edu by Sun.COM (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11213; Wed, 23 May 90 03:22:53 PDT Message-Id: <9005231022.AA11213@Sun.COM> Received: from virginia.acc.Virginia.EDU by uvaarpa.virginia.edu id aa15178; 23 May 90 3:16 EDT Received: from virginia.edu by virginia.edu id aa27894; 23 May 90 3:07 EDT Received: from bessel.acc.Virginia.EDU by virginia.edu id aa27869; 23 May 90 3:01 EDT Date: Wed May 23 03:01:30 1990 From: Greg Lindahl Reply-To: gl8f@bessel.acc.virginia.edu To: streport@virginia.edu Subject: STR # 419 [ This copy of ST Report was edited by me. Each issue I remove the 2 commercial advertisements (one for compuserve or genie, the other for the editor's hard-drive business), CPU Report if it has nothing to do with the ST (I left it in once last year), and any "article" composed of 100% flamage. I sometimes also remove duplicated articles, trim down press releases, and edit other material. If you would like to unsubscribe, send mail to streport request @ virgina.edu. Never, ever, send mail to streport@virginia.edu unless you want it to go to everyone on the list. If streport-request should bounce a message, it means that my mailbox has gone over 1 meg, or I have a hardware problem, or you mistyped the name. Do not freakout, just remail it later. -- greg ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- STReport " Independent News Source" June 01, 1990 16/32bit Magazine copyright 1990 No.6.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Views, Opinions and Articles Presented herein are not necessarily those of the editors or staff of STReport, CPU/STR, or CPU Report. Permission to reprint articles is hereby granted, unless otherwise noted. Each reprint must include the name of the publication, date, issue # and the author's name. The entire publication and/or portions therein may not be edited in any way without prior written permission. The contents, at the time of publication, are believed to be reasonably accurate. The editors, contributors and/or staff are not responsible for either the use/misuse of information contained herein or the results obtained therefrom. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article (posted with his permission, BTW) represents Mr. Mariano's opinion concerning Greg Lindahl's actions.... He also told me personally that if Greg Lindahl continues to warp the content of ST Report to suit his tastes, then he will "contact the University of Virginia's legal department to inquire as to why they are allowing Greg Lindahl to break the copyright laws"... I CANNOT stress more CLEARLY that Mr. Mariano is not threatening, and does not intend to sue Usenet, Internet, Arpanet, or ANY of the organizations which you said he may. If the message that I relayed gave that impression, then I apologize. However, he has said that UVA and Greg Lindahl are the two parties "seemingly" involved in either condoning or participating in Greg Lindahl's activities... The above represents Mr. Mariano's opinion, and I am merely the messenger.... However, I myself personally feel this is an issue about copyright violations, nonwithstanding any opinions about ST Report's content itself....