[11796] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Wed Apr 20 06:40:49 1994
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 23:36 EDT
From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
To: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404192118.AA28980@bird.crd.Ge.Com> (stpeters@bird.crd.ge.com)
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 94 17:18:46 EDT
From: stpeters@bird.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
I thought for sure I'd have seen somebody else commenting on this by
now, but ...
Mr. Green Card Lawyer (and his wife) made today's NY Times, page D1,
picture and all. The article a bit flippantly has us all as a bunch of
elitist old-guard who just don't like a clever new use of our private
kingdom. This lawyer is not only unrepentent, he doesn't believe he
did anything wrong, and he fully intends to do it again ... and to
write a book about how to do it for others.
Usenet operates completely through the use of private property.
Site owners make their property available with the understanding that
certain rules will be obeyed. When these rules are disobeyed, the
property owner is going to seek redress. If such redress is
unavailable, the use will be denied.
Mr. Green Card Lawyer is defecating upstream of his water supply.
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