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From: erc@khijol.UUCP (Edwin R. Carp)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1, part 1 of 15, etc
Message-ID: <888@khijol.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jan 90 04:01:53 GMT
References: <74065@uunet.UU.NET> <137@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk>
Reply-To: erc@khijol.UUCP (Edwin R. Carp)
Organization: Deadly Force, Inc., aka Clint Eastwood School of Diplomacy
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In article <137@sneezy.tcom.stc.co.uk> pete@tcom.stc.co.uk (Peter Kendell) writes:
>
>But let's not forget - USENET costs money. For many people, that money
>is part of someone else's budget and they don't have to worry about it.
 [ ... ]
>Would anyone like to guess the *global* cost of this distribution?

I wouldn't think much.  It's my understanding that most of this stuff
goes over (1) the Internet or (2) local uucp connections.  So what's
the problem?

>
>British law is clear about unsolicited items sent through the post.
 [ ... ]
>ownership of them will revert to me. A storage charge may be payable.

Interesting idea.  I've never thought of it that way, although there are
similar laws in the United States.
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