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From: root@oid.UUCP (Admin-P.L. Aeten)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Maps Subverted
Summary: Can we turn this schlock around?
Message-ID: <1622@oid.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jan 89 16:42:01 GMT
References: <11891@netsys.COM> <454@acheron.UUCP> <3274@cbnews.ATT.COM> <405@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US>
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In article <405@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US> root@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US (Mark J. Bailey) writes:
>In article <3274@cbnews.ATT.COM>, mark@cbnews.ATT.COM (Mark Horton) writes:
>> From article <11891@netsys.COM>, by len@netsys.COM (Len Rose):
>> > I would like to find out who took the maps and turned them
>> > into a bloody mailing list.
>> 
>> When the maps were first put out, it was clearly stated that
>> they were NOT to be used for generating mailing lists.  Now
>> some nameless bozo organization has violated the policy.
>> 
>> 	Mark
>
>I know it nigh near to impossible, but it would be nice to attempt to find out
>who did it... 
>
Yes I also agree this is a foul deed...Perhaps we can turn this into
an opportunity while at the same time fencing out those that greedily
prey on the hard work and openess of the "NET".

Why not see if the maps can be copyrighted? Once done then some mech-
anism can be put in place to take advantage of and use the maps to
generate revenue to keep or at least help to fund the enormous costs
of moving news and mail. I am NOT proposing a commercial venture but
at least we don't have to force policing (?) [ we certainly don't have
the time to play "COPS and "Robbers"" ]

Any further thoughts or discussion?



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