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- From: jtchew@csa3.lbl.gov (Ad absurdum per aspera)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing,alt.culture.usenet
- Subject: Re: Ethics, publishing and the net
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- Date: 17 Nov 1992 13:07 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- References: <73948@apple.Apple.COM> <1992Nov3.235232.7506@netcom.com> <1992Nov11.004618.29074@ncsu.edu> <1992Nov15.231107.21506@netcom.com> <lgiesiINN46t@news.bbn.com>
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- {Discussions on misc.writing about whether it's cool to use the Net to
- announce, tout, slyly allude to, or otherwise promote one's own book}
-
- >>This amounts a commercial use of the Internet, which is strictly forbidden.
-
- >Definitely not (objectionable, that is). Even putting aside the fact
- >that people legitimately post product announcements (as distinct from
- >advertisements) on technical newsgroups, we* consider this sort of
- >posting both interesting and relevant.
-
- My two cents' worth on a subject that's drowning in pennies: Right on!
- If it's okay with the denizens of a particular newsgroup, post it. If
- not, cease and desist, or at least try elsewhere.
-
- This, of course, is my own opinion, not to be mistaken for that of my
- employer and/or any organization that sets rules for or contributes to
- the support of the Internet. Or the opinion of a lawyer.
-
- Cheers,
- Joe
- "The pallid pimp of the dead-line/The enervate of the pen" --Robert Service
-