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From: hwt@.bnr.ca (Henry Troup)
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Subject: Re: The Rape of Usenet (an alternative view)
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Date: 21 Dec 89 15:10:20 GMT
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In article <1989Dec21.024040.25157@athena.mit.edu> jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>  It is irrelevant what the specific charges are for.  The fact is
>that if people are reading the postings that are gatewayed to GEnie,
>then GEnie is making money off of them, and GEnie got them for free
>(except for transportation costs; by "free" I mean they didn't pay the
>people who wrote them), and GEnie is not in any way giving the people
>who wrote the original messages part of the profit they are making.

I presume then that those sites in the 'nuxpub' list, Public Access Unix,
that charge for Usenet access meet with your disapproval ?

Come on, folks, this is silly.  Go flame in alt.flame - which doesn't 
reach this site.
--
Henry Troup - BNR owns but does not share my opinions
..utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!hwt%bmerh490 or  HWT@BNR.CA