Tue, 14 Nov 1995 18:55:44 -0600
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I sent a protest to IAF about raiding names from "PRIVATE" listservs.
This is what I got back. FYI:
Forwarded message:
>From: "Kevin O'Connor" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'dienes bruce p a'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: protest and refusal (fwd)
>Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:47:57 -0500
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>Our understanding and assumptions about 'private' mailing lists were =
>wrong. As soon as we were notified of the problem, we took steps to =
>correct it. We have unsubscribed to all lists and am in the process of =
>determining all 'private' lists. When we determine all the users of =
>these private lists, we will remove references to them in IAF (unless =
>they are registered, on usenet or a public list). We apologize and am =
>making every effort to correct the problem.=20
>
>Kevin O'Connor
His note is in response to:
>>>All the names we obtain are available from public sources like Usenet.
>>
>>This is NOT the case. You raided names from PRIVATE listservs that I
>>operate, without so much as a request to the list managers. This is an
>>invasion of privacy. There is NO excuse for not consulting with list
>>managers before using such lists. Under US copyright law, such address
>>compilations are copyright and not available for your commercial use
>>without permission.
[ longer rant deleted :-) ]
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