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From: gl8f@astsun.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Illegal Editing, Tampering of ST Report by Greg Lindahl
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Date: 6 Jun 90 21:24:43 GMT
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In article <30565@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

>Chris, if indeed private E-mail over UseNet is barred from containing
>anything of a commercial nature, then *with permission*, removing the
>ads before sending the online magazines out would be a true service...

Private email over the Internet has this restriction. If not, someone
could email thousands of advertisements from portal all over the world
for essentially free. Nope.

>There's a big difference between the editors of a newspaper selecting which
>stories to cover, and someone like a government agency coming in with a
>big black marker and blanking out stories they don't want you to read.

Listen, Bob, I didn't stop ANYONE from getting anything. Anyone else
could have set up a mailing list and mailed whatever they wanted out,
as long as the advertisements were removed. That's why it's editing. I
have the *FREEDOM* to not be forced to mail out bullshit I don't agree
with. You have the *FREEDOM* to mail out the bullshit, if you're
willing to spend your time.

>I agree that he should have gotten permission to change ST-Report before
>he did so...  probably that's why it's spilled over into the public...

The law isn't on your side. And this is my last posting on the topic,
as there is nothing more to be discussed.

 - The ST-Report mailing list is dead.
 - ST-Report cannot be mailed over the Internet, given its current
   copyright restriction and advertisements.

--
"Perhaps I'm commenting a bit cynically, but I think I'm qualified to."
                                              - Dan Bernstein