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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Changes to the monthly postings (for rec.humor.funny)
Keywords: administivia
Message-ID: <2204@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Feb 89 08:36:12 GMT
References: <2706@looking.UUCP> <2844@epimass.EPI.COM> <1448@vsi1.COM>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
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In article <1448@vsi1.COM> lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair) writes:
>In article <2844@epimass.EPI.COM> jbuck@epimass.EPI.COM (Joe Buck) writes:
>=Brad, what's all this stuff about "license to transmit this group?"
>=You are the moderator.  You do not have some of the ownership rights you
>=are claiming,
>=...
>=Knock it off.  You're
>=turning into almost as much of a pain in the ass as JEDR.
>
>Here, here!  Brad sure has become proprietary with OTHER people's work.
>The purpose of moderation is to keep the newsgroup focused, and, in the
>case of r.h.f, limit the volume and set a minimum standard for postings.
>Brad has NO ownership rights unless he copyrights the material, which
>would be pretty funny since it's not his creation.
>

I'm not saying I agree or dis-agree with Brad but remember there are plenty
of precedants for what he seems to be trying to do:

	- rec.mag.otherrealms
	- alt.gourmand (nee mod.recipies)
	- license to retransmit / copyright in various signature's last year

Both Chuq and Brian Copyright their moderated groups. Chuq with very
specific copyrights on the contents, Brian with same.

Last year many people put quite restrictive copyrights and retransmission
criteria in their articles to combat a perceived threat from the Stargate
project.

Brad is protecting his investment of time and enery in r.h.f. If you don't
like it don't read it. Feel free to campaign for rec.humor.funny2, with a
new moderator. 

I know that argument by invective is becoming the UseNet standard but I
don't think we have to brand Brad a traitor yet. 


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