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From: dmmartindale@watcgl.UUCP (Dave Martindale)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Censorship: A Case History (part 1, 11 Jan 84 to 23 Jan 84)
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Date: Tue, 8-May-84 14:09:36 EDT
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I'd like to point out that any news submission costs the net in general
a fair bit of money.  Some sites pay for far more of this than others.
All sites are responsible, in some sense, for what they transmit to the
net.  Any site which pays less than its share of communications costs
does so due to the good graces of its neighbours.

So, if a particular site pays nothing for its news, this is *not* a
good reason for anyone at that site to post anything that they please.
If anything, that organization should be particularly careful of the
use of the free services provided by others.

I do not wish to make any comment about the worth of Tim's postings,
other than that I do not remember being personally upset by any of
them.  But I do not think that "it doesn't cost us any real money" is a
valid argument against suggestions that someone is making excessive
use of news.  Whether or not the people trying to restrict Tim's
use have a right or sufficient reason to do so is another question.
I have no first-hand knowledge of the situation, so I won't try
to make any judgements.

	Dave Martindale