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From: jdm@hodge.UUCP (jdm)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: X-rated GIF files
Summary: Paying for GIF files (or at least the naughty ones)
Message-ID: <15761@hodge.UUCP>
Date: 17 May 89 18:12:37 GMT
References: <1380@zeus.unl.edu> <6138@ux.cs.man.ac.uk> <8457@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Organization: Hodge Computer Research Corporation
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In article <8457@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, svpillay@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kanthan Pillay) writes:
> In article <1380@zeus.unl.edu> steimle@zeus.unl.edu (Scott A.) writes:
> >Does anyone know of any sources for X-rated GIF files?  
> 

About a year ago I started using GIF files as sources for images for my
Targa 16 card (converted using the GIF2TGA program).  I noticed that not
only did people not give a damn about copyright laws (it seems anything that
can be shoved into a scanner is out there) but there was/is a predominant
amount of X-rated stuff out there.  Well, within the last few months I have 
noticed a lot of these GIF and PCX boards have become pay-for-the-good-stuff
only boards.  Once free BBSs have realized that 14 year olds with sweaty
palms will pay fees ($5/hour, $25/month, $100/year, ect.) to have unlimited
downloading privilages of visual material that they are not legally old 
enough yet to buy.  Many of these BBS SysOps have actually invested money in
the equipment necessary to create such images--only a few of them being
law-abiding enough to use uncopyrighted and public domain material though.

The answer is "yes", there are many sources on BBSs for X rated GIF files.
But, there are very few of these types of BBSs that are still free of
charge.

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