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From: benson@alcatraz.ksr.com (Benson Margulies)
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Subject: peripheral issues to the Mark Smith discussions
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Date: Sat, 23-May-87 08:31:53 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 23 08:31:53 1987
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I received a slanderous (of Mark) piece of email in response to my
posting.

I considered posting it as an object lesson to all of the fact that
there is more than one source of nastyness at work here.

However, before taking this action which half the net seems to find
unspeakable, I thought I would solicit any reasoned arguments.

My position is this: if I received a piece of unsolicited USSnail that
carred no copyright notice, that I could do whatever I wanted with it
so long as I didn't misrepresent its content.

Clearly, people think differently. Is this a matter of custom, legal
rumor, or "ettiquette"?

PS: several people have ragged on mark for complaining of being cut
off from soc.women inaccurately. I suggest that you ask yourselves
what you would have done if (a) you knew that the sysop had received
demands to cut you off, and (b) you didn't see soc.women for several
days. Would you calmly assume a technical failure? 

Don't bother to post or mail answers to the back end of this, clearly
people will have quite a range of reactions.



Benson I. Margulies                         Kendall Square Research Corp.
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