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From: anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Expansion of rec.humor.funny to other networks
Keywords: Brad Templetons latest scheme
Message-ID: <3074@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 11 Mar 89 23:15:26 GMT
References: <438@corpane.UUCP>
Reply-To: anand@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Anand Iyengar)
Organization: The Lab Rats
Lines: 56

In article <438@corpane.UUCP> sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
	[ed:  
>> Part of the controversy will revolve around the fact that
>> these services will reward me for moderating groups on their systems.
>> In particular, I get a free account and a small percentage of the
>> usage billings.  I am told that the SYSOPs of things like the IBM-PC
	]
>If you want to be the 'Sysop' of Delphi and Genie Jokes forum, you 
>should give up your post as moderator to rec.humor.funny 
	I don't see the need for this...I don't even have a gripe about them
paying him, but I guess that's more a personnal thing.  I also think that
he's done a decent job as moderator.  

>> 
>> All this is possible only because a compilation copyright exists on
>> the USENET end.  Without that, I could never even have negotiated this
>
>What does having a compilation copyright have to do with GENIE getting
>usenet? If they have the proper software, they can hook into Usenet just
>as Portal has done. Then their customers would have the same individual
>access as any of us do.
	I would like a clarification of this, too.  

	My main gripe about his policy is that the only way that I can
get an RHF compilation is by buying his book.  I'm not asking for him to
send out free copies or anything:  it would just be nice to be able to
ftp/receive-mail/? (even an automated mail-sender would be sufficient)
the jokes (they're free on usenet, right?).  I don't really need (or want,
actually...i'd prefer them online) a hardcopy of them.  Also, contributors
to the book get nothing in return, even though their work is sold for profit.
That jokes can be snarfed from Rec.Humor adds injury to insult...


	Also, the idea of a compilation copyright seems somewhat ridiculous
in this case.  Does this mean that I can't archive RHF?  I thought that
USENET said that I could.  Does anyone archive RHF now (A friend of mine
just made the comment "He *says* he has a compilation copyright.  He doesn't
actually have one until it goes to court.")?  What if 3 people each archived
one third of the year's submissions?  Knew I shoulda been a lawyer...


							Anand.  
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