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- From: johnch@smaug.West.Sun.COM (John Chandler)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Illegal Sales from Mark Margolis
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 13:24:52 -0800
- Organization: Impossible Missions Force
- Lines: 30
- Message-ID: <1eecb4INN8a9@pongo.West.Sun.COM>
- References: <30073@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> <rlcarr.06t4@animato.network23.com> <1992Nov11.002935.8839@inftec.be>
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- In article <1992Nov11.002935.8839@inftec.be> mike@inftec.be (Mike Aerts) writes:
- >In article <rlcarr.06t4@animato.network23.com> rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro) writes:
- >>In article <30073@nntp_server.ems.cdc.com> ghart@ems.cdc.com (Geoffrey Hart) writes:
- >>> |> In article <1d20omINNlqd@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> valhert@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (valhert) writes:
- > [ Stuff deleted ]
- >>> The rules for commercial activity on the Internet are not well enforced in
- >>> other areas. I think this activity by Margolis, even if it is commercial
- >>> in nature, is not worth the time you have spent to try and stop it.
- >>
- >>Yes, it is hurtful. This Margolis guy is getting free advertising at
- >>taxpayer expense. As a taxpayer, I do not appreciate this. Also,
- >>commercial stuff going over the NSF backbone is *illegal*.
-
- Can someone come up with a figure for how many cents annually it costs
- each taxpayer to run the entire Internet? I would only advise
- worrying about this particular commercial use of a government resource
- if you feel that your blood pressure is too low. What abuse of the
- Internet could possibly be more costly and stupid than military bands?
- Do you plan on stopping them too? What about allowing a private
- company to sell pictures generated by taxpayer-financed satellites?
- And to prohibit free Internet access to them?
-
- Actually, I wish people wouldn't provoke net-police mentalities by
- putting their prices on the net. How about just announcing that more
- information is available by e-mail, similar to what is done on public
- radio announcements of performances ("For more information, call this
- mumber ...")?
-
-
- John C
-