Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!aunro!alberta!herald.usask.ca!lowey From: lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: Canceling someone else's article Message-ID: <1991Jun1.164136.4553@herald.usask.ca> Date: 1 Jun 91 16:41:36 GMT References: Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 20 From article , by sbrack@bluemoon.uucp (Steven S. Brack): > And in the case of a University computer system? > > I could see the logic developing: > The owner is in control -> the computer is owned by the university > the university is owned by the taxpayers -> the taxpayers have > control over the computer -> students are taxpayers -> > students control what use the computers are put to. That does not really apply here. Although our university is funded partially by tax money, partially by student fees, etc, that does NOT mean that any old taxpayer has the right to use our equipment. Try telling the government that since I paid for Airforce 1, I have the right to use it to go to the lake on weekends ... The UNIVERSITY bought the equipment. The UNIVERSITY owns the equipment. The UNIVERSITY gets to say how the equipment is to be used, who can use it, and what rules these users have to follow. - Kevin Lowey