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From: mrm@sceard.UUCP (M.R.Murphy)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Changes to the monthly postings (for rec.humor.funny)
Keywords: administivia
Message-ID: <872@sceard.UUCP>
Date: 5 Feb 89 02:33:45 GMT
References: <2706@looking.UUCP> <2844@epimass.EPI.COM> <2714@looking.UUCP> <2847@epimass.EPI.COM> <2718@looking.UUCP>
Reply-To: mrm@sceard.UUCP (0040-M.R.Murphy)
Organization: Sceard Systems, Inc., Carlsbad, CA  92009
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In article <2718@looking.UUCP> brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
>OK folks, if you really want to apply the principle that a moderator's
>compilation copyright over a moderated group doesn't mesh with USENET,
>then the following things have to go (or have their copyrights ignored):
[Others deleted; in my opinion, it is not brad@looking.UUCP's right to decide
what must go except at his site. USENET is as has been stated many times,
an anarchy.]
>F) rec.humor.funny
[More deleted, not with the intent of quoting out of context, I hope.]
>I will admit people seem more worried about this than I expected.  Let
I think concerned, not worried, is the feeling. The principles involved are
important to many of us.
[More deleted, not with the intent of quoting out of context, I hope.]
>
>On the other hand, if Compuserve could carry this group without asking me,
>and they got 40,000 readers like USENET, and the readers spent 30 seconds
>on each joke, Compuserve would draw $200,000 PER MONTH in connect time from
>it.  Some of you are saying that I can't have a policy that would control
>that.
That is exactly right.
>
>Actually, that number looks nice and big.  Perhaps I will follow the
>instructions of some of the attackers here in news.admin and give the group
>its own hierarchy that is charged for...   I'm being semi-serious here,
>at least if the attacks keep up.
If brad@looking.UUCP wants to set up a BBS, a Time-Sharing Service, a
Compuserve(tm) look-alike, and charge folks to read the material he
compiles, then I think that is fine. If he can con other folks into writing
the material for free or for pay, then also fine. Many of the jokes mailed to
him are written by professionals for professionals. Is due rigor exercised in
proper attribution and royalty? Who knows? If brad@looking.UUCP uses USENET as
a transport mechanism and expects to control ANY site in its retransmission,
then I will remove rec.humor.funny from our site. That is my right. I think
that it may also be my duty. Pompous, eh?

What is done to the least is done to all. Somebody else said something like
that before I did. I would reference them if I knew who it was.
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Mike Murphy  Sceard Systems, Inc.  544 South Pacific St. San Marcos, CA  92069
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