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____________________________________________________________________________
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THE SYNDICATE REPORT
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Information Transmittal No. 22
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(Part 2 of 2)
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Released April 10, 1989
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Featuring:
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Copyrights and The Syndicate Report Magazine
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Phry Code Pro, PC Pursuit Password Hacker
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...Hot on the Drawing Board
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Brief Notes from the Report
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"Wait, The Briefcase is Ringing"
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by The Sensei
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Editor Syndicate Report Magazine
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___________________________________________________________________________
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EXPOSITION: TSR
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Once again, The Report accepts outside sources. Anybody can write/provide
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information to The Syndicate Report. Articles/Information may be provided
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through RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board System 612-471-0060. Any info such as
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Busts, Phreaking, Hacking, Data / Telecommunications, and new developments
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on any the previous mentioned specialties will be: accepted, labeled, and
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given full actual credit to the article/info provider(s), or writer(s). --
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** All articles have been presented by me unless shown at the end of the
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article as the information provider(s), or writer(s). **
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___________________________________________________________________________
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COPYRIGHTS AND THE SYNDICATE REPORT MAGAZINE: TSR (cit 4\8)
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I should say fromthat start that every word of this article is copyrighted,
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up to the "BBs and Law] read Forward" text. If you dare to use one word of
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it, you may get sued.
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Of course that's a rediculous position; a copyright doesn't cover each
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word, only the expressions of ideas. If your a hobby Editor, such as I, the
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distinction bewteen individual words and ideas blurs.
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After a few years of publishing The Syndicate Report, I finally received
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some contreversy over (c)opyrigted material, on TSR. TSR #21 published an
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articles entitled, "Cyberpunks" Vs. The Media." The pointed straight out that
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the article appeared in a Minnesota paper, local to me, and it contained SOME*
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verbatim (word for word) words/ideas by the NYTimes, distributed by Star and
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Tribune, Minn. I rarely do such acts, that's why I told readers straight out
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that I, The Sensei, took phrases and ideas from the paper.
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This is the response it received from a TC Citadel System, Citadel-86.
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Some of the initial feedback from the article wasn't available, but most of it
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just said something like: "Someone should turn in TS for copyrighted material."
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_____________________________________________________________
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BBSs and the Law] read Forward
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89Mar06 8:25 am from Al Iverson
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It really has to be a C in a circle, not just (c). Otherwise SPELL copyright.
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89Mar06 8:43 am from Linden Arden
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Sensei, I and a few others here make our living from writing, and when you
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blatantly break copyright laws you're threatening our livelihoods. Similarly,
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uyou're threatening the livelihoods of programmers and designers who copyright
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their products. And your assertion that the NYTimes breaks copyright laws all
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the time is absurd.
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89Mar06 11:16 pm from RR
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Why would "information related to hacking" mean that the phone company should
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be notified? Have they been appointed as thought-police? The common UNIX
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passwords file is very useful to system administrators as examples of
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passwords that should not be used. Seems to me that Sensei is running a BBS
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that provides information on an interestig subject. Unless the first
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ammendment has been suspended there's nothing the phone company can do about
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it.
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89Mar09 8:24 am from Linden Arden
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Sensei, it's the principle here. You're ripping off someone's
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intellectual property. In this case, you have no right to break copyright laws
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any more than you have the right to shoot down schoolkids with an Uzi. You
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have no inherent rights whatsoever, by the way.
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89Mar09 9:35 am from Mr. Dave, II
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Look up the "Fair use" laws, posted at your neighborhood kinko's. They might
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have some revelence to this topic.
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89Mar09 12:57 pm from Philosopher
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LA: I think that's a bit extreme -- ripping off makes it sound like he's
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doing it for some grand profit motive. It's true, technically posting it on a
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BBS is publishing -- but it's more akin to clipping out the Dear Abby column
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and sending several xeroxes to friends you think might get a kick out of it.
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Whether this falls under "fair use" I don't know, but it's borderline. As
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long as the poster acknowledges the author, I see no real offense in posting
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small pieces or excerpts from larger pieces. Maybe this wouldn't hold up in a
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court of law, but in principle I think it's a good compromise. I'd also like
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to point out that in no way is posting this stuff on a BBS in direct
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competition with the original newspaper -- people aren't suddenly going to
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stop reading the paper because a few of its articles also appear on a BBS. If
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he were to upload the entire* paper, daily*, then that would be different.
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Professionally, he should write the author for prior permission -- but as a
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pragmatic matter that rarely happens, and there is an accepted gray area in
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which "correct procedure" is not followed, but neither is it regarded as a
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heinous crime. How many times have you quoted an author without acquiring
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"prior permission"? It depends upon how much you take I guess -- and in this
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instance, maybe he did step over the line. Still it's a judgement call. I
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think it's within acceptable limits. I do defer to the sysops judgement in
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these matters though -- it is his board, and his neck. Apparently you feel
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that he went "way out of bounds" in doing this. Pardon my discredulity, but I
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just don't see it.
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89Mar09 1:54 pm from Linden Arden
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This doesn't fall under fair use. It's the principle, Philo--are you saying
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that we are free to break and bend laws AND moral principles that we happen
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not to agree with. BOOM! I just shot you. Hey, I don't agree with those laws
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or our society's frowning on such behavior, so that makes it all right.
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I don't necessarily agree that there is a grey areas here--he stole someone
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else's intellectual work. That's legally and morally wrong. You can
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rationalize the behavior all you want, but the fact is that the computer
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industry as a whole as little regard for protecting intellectual property--and
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if you use just onebootlegged piece of software, Philo, you're as guilty as
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anyone--as witnessed by Vince's trashing of Hue's developmental rights to
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Citadel.
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I just don't see how you can say that there is a gray area here. Saying that
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no harm was done is not an acceptable defense--it can be a mitigating area
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when meting out punishment, but not when discussing right and wrong. Sure, in
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theory prostitution is a victimless crime, but it's still disgusting to most
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people.
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89Mar09 7:47 pm from The Sensei
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Well, Philo took and Silver took my ideas right out of my head. I should
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have put a (c) on them.
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I'm am not in play with news publishers of any magazine. I'm sure they laugh
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at many people that type up their articles and exhibit them around. The guy
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that wrote it is on easy street, and a little BBS mongler posting it really
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has nothing to do with his own moral feeling. I suppose I shouldn't be all
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one sided. You are partly right. But I have no morals when it comes to a
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little article, posted by Star/Trib., from the NYTimes.
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Let me ask you this, have you never took a clipping out of a newspaper, and
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used it for your own material(s)? Whether it be on paper, or mind, I think
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the world is just a huge plagerized house of minds. Original ideas are hard
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to come by in America - you have to be on top of things. The article was
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about "Cyberrpunks.." and poorly written. That's the first time I've typed up
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something like that piece by piece. Come to think of it, I only used half the
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article. I verbally tore the article apart, it was so bad. They have no idea
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what a hacker is. None of them have lived the life...like I and others have.
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89Mar09 11:18 pm from RR
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Given that Sensei put his own comments in the article, it would seem that his
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use of it can be classified as a "review". Copyright law does allow material
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to be quoted in reviews. It would have been more proper to paraphrase
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portions, though. Note that newspapers often paraphrase other papers'
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stories, the giveaway is the lead, "in a copyrighted ariticle, the Daily
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Planet said....". They then go on to tell you eveything in the original story
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via paraphrase.
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89Mar09 1:00 pm from Cylise
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Sensei, could you explain your moral code to me? I've seen your posts around
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for a year or so on various boards and seen you in person and the only code
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I've observed you to have is that you want your father to pay for your
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education, nice car and (exquisite (I liked them)) clothes and get annoyed
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when anyone damages anything you have. But you have never stated anything
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that indicates what you* feel obliged to do for the world. Only what you feel
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you can take from it. Am I reading you incorrectly? Or are you assuming
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you'll have a light and easy ride through life and that anyone who doesn't do
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so too is not too bright?
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89Mar10 10:52 am from Linden Arden
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Sensei--using one copy for one's own use is debatable, though allowable for me
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since I'm a journalist and have exception because of fair use laws. And your
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making a copy for your personal use isn't the issue--it 's retying an article
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and then posting it on a BBS that is the issue!
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89Mar10 10:54 am from Linden Arden
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RR--You can only copy a certain percentage of lines for a "review"; fair use
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does not extend to copying an entire or even half of a published work. That's
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why J.D. Salinger was abnle to block publication of a book based on his
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letters to other people--the publisher said that the publication of the
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letters was fair use, but the court said that since the letters made up the
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bulk of the book, there's no way publication could constitue fair use. In
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poetry, also, you're only allowed to quote so many lines before it becomes a
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violation of fair use.
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89Mar10 10:55 am from Linden Arden
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Also, RR, when you gove credit to the Daily Planet and paraphrase, you're not
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using the original article word for word. Your example is moot.
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89Mar10 11:16 am from Shoe
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A recent Federal Appeals Court decision applied the doctrine of sovereign
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immunity to copyright infringement - ie you can't sue a state agency
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(apparently including a state university) for copyright infringement. The
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Supreme Court recently refused cert on appeal although apparently they may
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take another case winding its way through the system in the next session. Some
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in Congress are (I think rightly) peaved at the situation and are proposing
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legislative remedies.
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89Mar10 10:27 pm from Pete Moss
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Fascinating exchange. Philo got pooh-poohed but I liked his point. The reader
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population here must pale in comparison to the Strib, much more analgous to a
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group of acquaintences pinning thoughts to a corkboard. However, Linden's
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posts are good, and so was Cylise, and Aneome's and Silver Fox's!
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And how about if this was a closed system? Not public. Wouldn't that change
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the legal arena as to interpretation of the laws? Definitely no profit
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motive. And no competition to the source. I was under the impression that
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giving the source and author was sufficient. Was that just uneducated rumor?
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89Mar10 11:41 pm from RR
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Linden, I was suggesting that Sensei paraphrase -- not claiming that he was
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kosher because he did paraphrase, clearly he didn't.
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Also, please explain your claim of journalistic immunity. What can you do
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that we can't? (As I recall my journalism law, circa 1975 U of M School of
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Journalism, the idea of special journalistic privalege is more a tradition
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that a strictly defined set of court decisions and legislation.)
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The openess of the forum or the profit/non-profit nature of the use has NO
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BEARING on whether or not an action violates copyright law.
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89Mar12 8:17 pm from The Sensei
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I'm just saying it's not a big deal to copy something. It's only a lousy
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newsletter. I get no money, no sex, no drugs, no nothing for doing it. Wait,
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sometimes I get a pat on the back....a good word about it, then and there...but
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that's it. Nothing worth crying over.
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And thank you for an idea on my next Editorial - maybe in TSR22. I planned
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on a PCP Security party II for #22, but I like the copyright deal.
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Cylise -- I don't remember meeting you. It would have had to been at Uv's.
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But you all the sudded know my life story after a brief HELLO? Or whatever it
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is we did?
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As for the world, I love it - When it loves me.
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89Mar13 12:02 am from RR
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Sensei, make sure you note Linden's response to my questions about his
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"special " journalistic privilage. Remember, anything he brings up applies to
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you, too (since you're the editor and publisher of TSR).
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89Mar13 12:33 am from Hiram
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To reach back a bit, Sensei seems to be under an impression that the Strib
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takes articles from the NYTimes, and simply publishes them...The Strib
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subscribes to the NY Times Syndicate and pays good money to publish those
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pieces...The same money as any puny newsletter would have to pay if it
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published thoses pieces.
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As for whether or not this situation constitutes a grey area...say for the
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sake of arguement that one could plead and stammer in a court of law, and end
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up getting away with it...how does that give a guest user on this board any
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right to put the host in danger of a civil suit? That goes beyond rudeness,
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and should be punished by having all of your vowel keys on your keyboard
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removed.
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89Mar13 4:00 am from Cylise
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That's why* I was asking what your morals are, Sensei. Becuase I don't* know
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and have had only your posts to go on. I am curious.
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89Mar13 8:05 am from Linden Arden
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Yeah, Sensei, the person who's in danger here is Hue. Under the law, there's
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no difference in uploading commercial software and uploading copyrighted
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articles.
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SF--I don't think the psych department's intepretation of the 1983 ruling
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was correct, to be honest--there's no way fair use can be stetched to 25 or 30
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pages from a textbook. And a university is NOT a state agency, so that angle
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is not valid.
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89Mar13 2:50 pm from Linden Arden
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Journalistic use just means I can make as many photocopies as I want for
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reference work. I can't quote anything without invoking the fair use doctrine.
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89Mar14 2:29 am from Hue, Jr.
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Linden, the files Sensei has been uploading, unless I'm mistaken, are just
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TOCs (Tables of Contents.) for what he actually distributes.
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89Mar14 10:00 am from Linden Arden
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I see. Then there's nothing wrong with anything on this end.
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89Mar15 7:48 am from shoe
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I'll dig around and find the statutory definition of fair use and post it - it
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takes into account so many factors, there's something for everybody.
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89Mar15 3:34 pm from Al Iverson
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Who really cares. If you have a problem, either sue him or simply do not read
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TSR. He's not forcing you to.
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And I don't understand where some of you people get the privilege of judging
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another person's moral values. This really bothers me. Who gave *you* the
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right? All he has done is attempted to make an interesting newsletter.
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89Mar15 3:40 pm from Linden Arden
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Who was judging his moral values?
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89Mar16 1:25 am from Hue, Jr.
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Hey, that's half the fun, anyways. Why BBS otherwise?
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89Mar16 2:49 pm from Al Iverson
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I'm working on that one <grin>.
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89Mar17 12:02 pm from The Sensei
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I have morals. Just believe me. If I sound like I don't, that's just the
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dark side of me typing - over these under cover telephone lines.
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Please don't sue me, I'm just a college kid (kid). Money I have and don't
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have - it's just from parents, but am I bad for that?
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As for copyrights. Al said it all, if your offended, don't read it -
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comment freely. I like different ideas, since I think about copyrights all
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the time...when I type up a quick article, such as the one in Strib.
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And yes I know Strib pays NYTimes. That's obvious.
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And for the people that are protective of Hue, he's a big boy. And it
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sounds like your bown nosing.
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BBSs and the Law]
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(...the discussion came to a sudden end, everyone content.)
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_____________________________________________________________
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-TS, Editor here...
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I don't advocate letting ANYONE plagiarize the word-for-word/ideas of any
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type of material. But in the case of a Hobby Editor, such as I, it should be a
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free-for-all. Modern information exchange wouldn't be very far along today if
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everyone who added a word copyrighted it and strove to protect the copyright.
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Comments? ...dial Radio Waves - leave them on the REPORT sub area.
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:::::::::::::::: Discusssion (HEAT) from a Prominent Cidatel :::::::::::::::
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____________________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________________
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PHRY CODE PRO, PC PURSUIT PASSWORD HACKER TSR (t.e/t.s 4\9)
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...HOT ON THE DRAWING BOARD:
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by The Exciter, Phry Code Pro
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(Edited by The Sensei, TSR!E)
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Phry Code Pro v3.00 will be coming out soon! MAJOR changes exist in
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version 2.xx, with a 100% improvement over v1.20. Phry Code Pro (PCP) is
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now much more 'user-friendly,' thanks too suggestions from users.
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Right now most of you should have v2.11, or later. Now, here's a
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list of current improvements in Phry Code Pro v2.xx and v3:
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Hacking Single Plate Style (SPS). Hacking Flagged Plate Style (FPS).
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Adding a plate Viewing/Editing a plate
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Flagging a Plate 100% User-friendly handling
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...and more to come.
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Although the probability of getting a valid code is very low, I cannot fix
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this. Right now, this is probably the best way to get codes. It may take a
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long time to get a valid code, but it WILL happen. Phry Code Pro is very
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reliable, and v2.11 should have ALL bugs fixed that were in v1.20.
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(Including that lame 'Enter the ID to Hack :' one!)
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I am open to all suggestions and comments. PLEASE, tell me how I can
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improve PCP v2.11 to fix all users needs. PC Pursuit is the safest way to
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call LD, phreaking is very dangerous. The following is a short brief list of
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PCP's history...
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_____________________________________________________________
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PHRY CODE PRO HISTORY
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10/06/88 - Phry Code Pro was just a REAL generic PCP Hacker used for myself
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and a few friends. It didn't have a name yet.
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01/30/89 - Well, first official copy was released. I named it finally.
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All options have been enabled. And, then source was not
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included. The reason is, the 10/06/88 version was stupid
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and I didn't care. This one is a lot better.
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02/02/89 - I fixed a few bugs in the source. Pretty much the same as
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01/30/89 version.
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02/07/89 - Fixed the repeating code bug. I also added the beeping when
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contacted, I forgot to put that one in there.
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02/26/89 - PCP is now compiled in Turbo Pascal 5.0! It should be a little
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faster and will be a little more reliable. I also made a more
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detailed documentation.
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03/19/89 - Well, Phry Code Pro has gone through some major changes! Well,
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first of all, I changed the formats of hacking a lot. Now,
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PCP (Phry Code Pro) is user friendly. You can hack multiple
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IDs and other neat stuff! The documentation is now full of
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all the things you need to know!
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03/27/89 - I fixed a few minor bugs. No external differences. I also
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fixed the modem setup. It was locking up computers because
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the comport was not set right. It will now init the modem
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before hacking.
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04/02/89 - Fixed the runtime error that people were receiving if the
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port was not open. Not really a big deal but it looks
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nicer!
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_____________________________________________________________
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PROBLEMS?
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If you should have problems with PCP v2.11, I can be reached on
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various boards around the US and Canada. I call the Minnesota
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boards the most so drop me a line on whatever you can find.
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* The latest version of Phry Code Pro can be found on
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Radio Waves (612) 471-0060, in Minnesota (MNMIN by way of PCP). *
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::::::::::::: The Exciter is a contributing programmer/writer ::::::::::::::
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:::::::::::::::::: of Phry Code Pro (PCP), Minnesota 612 :::::::::::::::::::
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____________________________________________________________________________
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____________________________________________________________________________
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::::::::::::::::::::::::SYNDICATE REPORT BRIEF NOTES::::::::::::::::::::::::
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// FAX Will Fly Off The Plane //
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GTE Airfone Inc., which operates telephones on commercial airlines, is
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testing fax machines on a few flights. And it might begin installing telephone
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jacks at airplane seats so passengers can transmit information from a personal
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computer while in the air to a computer on the ground.
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_____________________________________________________________
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// The Briefcase is Ringing //
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Making calls from a shoe phone was a popular device on the "Get Smart" TV
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series. But today business travelers really are making calls on briefcase
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phones. Secure Technologies Inc. is selling an $8,850 briefcase that contains a
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cellular telephone, computer, fax machine and printer. Since it started selling
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the 24-pound briefcases in October, the company has sold about 200.
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// Options Added to Voice Line //
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VoiceCom Systems has added 3 new service options to its voice messaging
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product line, extended its worldwide communications network, and created a new
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business unit to develop and implement custom voice response applications.
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VoiceCom also introduced Guest Mailbox service, which allows VoiceCom customers
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to temporarily assign special voice mailboxes to their customers and vendors.
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interest in the Report, and wish to provide support to TSR -- Leave your BBS
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number -- and any other information on RADIO WAVES Bulletin Board Systems.
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The Hack Shack @ :: 214-422-4307 ----------- Lanatic Labs :: 415-278-7421
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Login: Any UNIX default pass P/H System
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Tiamat's Temple :: 612-731-0296 ----------- Hysteria Prl :: 612-557-2811
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P/H-Files Unix!Proline System
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This concludes this Transmittal No. 22
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(Part 2 of 2)
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Released April 10th, 1989
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by The Sensei
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Editor of the Syndicate Report
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