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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: satellite netnews
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Date: Sun, 18-Nov-84 20:40:51 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 18 20:40:51 1984
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There will certainly be some sort of organization behind any satellite
netnews broadcasting (if for no other reason than to logistically
interface with the satellite carrier).  However, note that satellite
broadcasting won't ever be FORCED on any site.  Sites that want 
to continue receiving all materials by phone (so long as they are willing to
pay for them, one presumes) will continue as they have up to now.

However, it is my own opinion that sooner or later the current
system will break down from sheer volume, and that legal liabilities
are just as present in the current system as in a satellite 
system.  We've all just been lucky up to now.

--Lauren--