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From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Big Brother charging for modem use?
Message-ID: <U9L2GXC@taronga.hackercorp.com>
Date: 24 Mar 91 01:17:11 GMT
References: <1991Mar23.025428.6672@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
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zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
> 	You have some good points.  But what are we going to do, 
> find motives?  Most BBSes are hobbies, not businesses, even if they
> do take money.

I don't think the motive is that relevent. What if my hobby is running
a Pizza place (and I can afford it), should I pay residential rates?

If you're soliciting donations for a transaction carried on over a
phone line, you're using the line for business purposes... profit or
not.
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