Path: utzoo!lsuc!hcr!ncrcan!brian
From: brian@ncrcan.UUCP
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Usenet maps -> commercial mailing lists?
Message-ID: <971@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM>
Date: Fri, 14-Oct-88 13:33:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: ncrcan.971
References: <379@telly.UUCP>
Reply-To: brian@ncrcan.Toronto.NCR.COM (Brian Onn)
Distribution: ont
Organization: NCR Canada Ltd., Mississauga, Ontario
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In article <379@telly.UUCP> evan@telly.UUCP writes:
>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...

I don't think we could ever stop such public information from ever being
misused.

The potential for this misuse can happen with any list that you put
your name on.  It frequently does, with magazine subscription lists,
those little product information cards at the end of tech mags, etc.

About the only way to stop it (in the case of a magazine subscription)
is to tell the distibutor that you do not wish do have your name placed
on a distributed mailing list.

So, you could likely do the same in the comment feild of the Usenet maps,
saying something to the effect of "Don't call us, we'll call you"

Brian.
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