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From: robert@infmx.UUCP (Robert Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: USENET -> GEnie uplink now working
Keywords: usenet,genie,gadgets,uplink,messages
Message-ID: <2913@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 89 06:07:02 GMT
References: <15097@well.UUCP> <935@crash.cts.com> <34975@grapevine.uucp> <457@watserv1.waterloo.edu> <1989Dec21.221719.13364@ns.network.com>
Reply-To: robert@infmx.UUCP (Robert Coleman)
Organization: Informix, Menlo Park, Ca. U.S.A.
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In article <1989Dec21.221719.13364@ns.network.com> logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan) writes:

%There is no legal restriction to who may connect to USENET, therefore there
%is no binding vote that can restrict who may so connect.  Further, since
%there is no legal restriction to who may connect to USENET, there can be
%no legally recognized distinction between sites.  Thus site restriction
%messages in notices of copyright are legally meaningless.  Yet further,
%there is no general information flow restriction that can be legally
%enforced for any site or group of sites.

	I don't actually care if Genie uses this stuff or not, but you have
sparked my curiousity; is there no legal way I can stop GENIE from 
copyrighting MY material if I post it on USENET?

Robert C.

-- 
"Helen's the only one who knows what scruples are, and she won't tell us"
John said. "Have we got scruples about it, Helen?"
"Not a trace," Helen affirmed.		-The Reefs of Earth, R.A.Lafferty