On Thu, 26 May 1994 09:54:38 EDT you said:
>     I have just had a great suggestion from a subscriber on another
>list concerning the flood of commercial messages (greencard lawyers,
>thigh-cream) on the internet.
> It is this:  can we legally play the capitalist game the way it
>should be played?  Our subscribers are clearly a demographic group
>desirable to advertisers.  We (list owner/moderators) are presumably
>like the publishers of a paper and we can determine the value of our
>subscribers.  Is there any reason why, if an advertiser like the
>greencard lawyers can claim to make a profit from our lists, we
>cannot?
> Therefore, I suggest we list owners post immediately our rates.
>For Journet, I will invoice any unsolicited commercial posters  the
>token sum of
 
Nice  idea,  but its  illegal  for  many  Listserv  sights. As  a  non-profit
institution,  Temple is  not allowed  to generate  revenue from  our academic
computer systems. I  think this is also a condition  of the license agreement
with  L-Soft, the  group  that  publishes Listserv  software,  but  I am  not
possitive about that. Even if this were  legal for all sites, its damned hard
to implement  from a  technical standpoint.  I would not  be suprised  if the
cost  for billing  these companies  outweighed  the money  earned from  them.
 
 
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  Stan  Horwitz  Internet: [log in to unmask]  Bitnet:  STAN@TEMPLEVM
  Temple University  -- Senior  Consultant (My  views are  all mine!)
  Manager of the Help-Net and Suggest lists and Listserv Postmaster.