jgd@gatech.edu (John G. DeArmond) (10/11/90)
In article <13197@accuvax.nwu.edu> goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com (Fred R. Goldstein) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 724, Message 4 of 7 >In article <13076@accuvax.nwu.edu>, kf5iw!jim@central.uucp (Jim >Blocker) writes... >>Inquire at your local library to see if they have these old issues. >>They make for some very interesting reading! >Odds are your library won't have them. >Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. filed suit against "73, Inc., a >foreign [not CA] Corporation, Spenser Whipple Jr.[Peter Stark] , Wayne >Green, Virginia Londner Green, and Does 1 through 200, Inclusive" >(where the Does were all employees of 73 Inc.). The Superior Court of >the State of California ruled, in judgement C 126265, that I saw this article today and it stunned me. Not only had I, as a long time subscriber of 73, ever heard of the suit, but I was also surprised that Wayne Green would take such a ruling laying down. So I picked up the phone and called 73 Magazine. Talked to a "Linda". She brought Bill Brown, who is apparently the editor in chief into the conversation. There was one problem. There has been so much turnover at 73 that no one remembered much about the case. After some research, the called me back. They said that there was indeed such a case that was limited strictly to the State of California. They said that someone remembered there being a letter sent out to CA subscribers asking them to tear the pages out of their magazines. They could not remember whether or not the case was appealed. They stated that they were sure that the case never got outside of CA. Linda started to apologize (sp) for the article and I interrupted her to explain that my interest was a First Amendment concern and not about the content. She then made a statement that stunned me. She said that they were not concerned about that aspect and in fact she'd hate think that someone could publish the plans for an atomic bomb or something without the government getting involved! Can you believe that? Prior restraint endorsed by a publisher. Oh well, the Bill of Rights was nice while it lasted .... John De Armond, WD4OQC Radiation Systems, Inc. Atlanta, Ga {emory,uunet}!rsiatl!jgd