Re: who owns newsgroup discussion thread?

On 10/15/99, Melissa Belvadi <silvest[_at_]maryville.edu> wrote:
>
> I think a lot of people responding to this don't quite understand the
> unique characteristics of Usenet postings (which is what Deja News
> collects). Usenet has no home, no original host. It propogates in
> an extremely anarchistic fashion.
>
> Deja News itself has simply chosen to collect this bizarre stream
> onto its own site.

Deja News itself has simply chosen to infringe hundreds of thousands of copyrights daily, for commercial gain. No ifs ands or buts.

-Ari

Ari Kahan
<akahan[_at_]netcom.com>