[11799] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Mr. Green Card makes the Times
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Grimm)
Wed Apr 20 15:48:48 1994
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 08:33:02 -0700
From: koreth@hyperion.com (Steven Grimm)
To: com-priv@psi.com
>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.
What would happen if a bunch of site owners got together and billed that
law firm for the disk space and bandwidth/phone time eaten by the ad?
Getting a few thousand bills for two cents each might dissuade them from
trying it again.
-Steve
