Asri-unix.558 net.space utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!AMSLER@SRI-AI Sun Jan 17 11:56:32 1982 newswire stuff From: Bob Amsler I disagree emphatically with decvax!watmath!jcwinterton@Berkeley re: posting of posting of "newswire stuff" to the space digest. FIRST! the digest is an internal communication without "public" distribution and as such probably qualifies for "fair use". Second, there happen to be many highly qualified people who are employed by the govt. who read this list and SHOULD be aware of space developments which appear in the wire services. The major concern is that nothing from this digest (or any other) be released to a public channel. As long as these discussions pass solely between individuals in a closed network I believe they are legal. Technically, there is NO "publication" taking place here. It is actually just a massive mailing list for communication between individuals. Access is restricted and controlled by govt. monitoring of the members of the net. Anyone who is on the net without such monitoring is in violation of the law. Their further misuse of the private communications which take place on the net would constitute further violation. ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.