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From: jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: FCC and amateur packet radio stations
Message-ID: <6676@rsiatl.Dixie.Com>
Date: 7 Feb 91 04:40:29 GMT
References: <1991Feb6.174944.28874@portia.Stanford.EDU>
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glass@portia.Stanford.EDU (Brett Glass) writes:

>Interesting. It appears that this FCC engineer has chosen to regard political
>free speech and free assembly as "business" activities, because he does not
>agree with these people's views.

Actually, he considered the solicitation to use a 900 number commercial
activity.  Quite correctly so.  What he did do is step out of line and
violate the gentleman's agreement with the amateur community to the
effect that only the originating operator would be held liable for 
violating messages.  This is not the first time that this has happened
and it probably won't be the last.  The content of the message probably
did not do much to dissuade the EIC to look the other way.  As usual,
bad law gets made from stupid cases.

John

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