Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!evan
From: evan@telly.UUCP (Evan Leibovitch)
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Usenet maps -> commercial mailing lists?
Message-ID: <379@telly.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 88 17:49:10 GMT
Distribution: ont
Organization: System telly, Brampton, Ontario
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I received a call this morning from someone wanting to know if 'System Telly'
might be in need of some qualified 'C' programmers, which his placement
firm would be more than happy to supply.

The nature of the call, and things which were said, clearly indicated that
this guy was going through the Ontario Usenet maps to make a phoning list
of Unix sites, asking to talk to whomever's listed in the '#C' field.

Has anyone else been called? Are there other instances where the Usenet
maps are being used for commercial purposes (not including the Telebit deal).

Are there ways of protecting the information in the maps? I have no objection
to the regional co-ordinators copyrighting the maps if it will stop their
misuse. Perhaps there are better ways...

Comments?
______________________________________________________________________________
 Evan Leibovitch, SA of System Telly, located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
evan@telly.UUCP (PENDING: evan@telly.on.ca) / {uunet!attcan,utzoo}!telly!evan
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