[1466] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: So what is the answer? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (dick ellis)
Wed Oct 9 16:12:37 1991
From: dick ellis <ellis@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 91 15:12:16 EST
Recent notes led me to share this from Joe Abernathy. I'm not
interested in any ad hominen responses to it. I have given Joe my
support in the past, providing what I thought was relevant to a
well-informed view. I am hopeful that by educating the press we
can educate the public. I think in dealing with the press its
useful to think like a teacher, but as Joe points out, the rules are as
varied as the people you are dealing with.
Forwarded message:
> From chron!magic322!edtjda@uunet.UU.NET Tue Oct 8 18:39:14 1991
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 91 18:11:00 CDT
> From: chron!magic322!edtjda@uunet.UU.NET (Joe Abernathy)
> Message-Id: <9110082311.AA14449@magic322.chron.com>
> To: uunet!bronze.ucs.indiana.edu!ellis@uunet.UU.NET
> Subject: Re: So what is the answer?
>
>
> Dick --
>
> I'm very careful to not use material without the consent of
> the contributor. We've actually expended a great deal of effort
> here at the Chronicle in developing methods for this. Whenever
> I post a message asking for comments, I will state explicitly
> if I want to use the material for a story and ask that users
> state if they don't want something used. (If you'll reread my
> post, such a message is contained in the last paragraph, unless
> it got cut off in a mailer somewhere. Let me know if you'd like
> a resend.)
>
> Occasionally, as with my recent spacemail articles, I'll want
> to use something I've come across in a newsgroup. In such a case,
> I send a note to the originator saying what I have in mind and
> asking for permission. In one or two cases, I haven't been able
> to reach the originator and went ahead, but it was nothing
> controversial or I probably would have dropped the quote rather
> than risk causing someone trouble.
>
> I absolutely won't quote from the material you sent, since you
> asked to opt out. And I still appreciate your writing; I need
> informed views in order to get a feeling for how best to handle
> an issue. We're really trying to approach this in a straightforward,
> heads-up fashion in the hope of performing a service for the
> community and our readers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
>
> (You may share this message with the list or any others who might
> share your concerns, but I hope it isn't misconstrued as implying
> that other newspapers will take this same approach with the net
> community. It's ours alone at this time.)
>
>
>
