[144] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NSF censoring sites around the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (steve@cise.nsf.gov)
Tue Nov 13 08:18:15 1990
To: Dan Schlitt <dan@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 90 08:00:54 EST
From: steve@cise.nsf.gov
> They may be in the position to charge them but it won't work. Unless
> things are very different in the future than they have been in the
> past this is how it works.
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> .
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Ah, but suppose the Materials Science Directorate of the Funding Agency were
the retailer of, say, "Networking Yellow Stamps" which it received from a
benefactor in the Network Infrastructure stall of the same stable? Only
convertible into Real Money when used for buying network access from the
recipient's vendor of choice. Can't pay grad students with them, nor buy
more lab equipment. -s
