gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (06/29/91)
I just want to let all of you know that I am recently placed a value of $87,000 on my name. If I suspect any of you have my name in any of your computers without the proper license from me, expect some knocks on the door in the middle of the night. :-( I'd be willing to bet that AT&T has a lot of information on people in its computers that the people do not want AT&T to have. AT&T might even say the information is valuable. After all, if it were not valuable, wouldn't they get rid of it? It would actually be comical if it were not so sad. AT&T maintains they have a right to sell -- without my consent and without compensating me -- ANI information about me to any 800 or 900 number I might call. AT&T also maintains that login.c is worth $87,000. And then there is Kenneth Griffin, an American Telephone & Telegraph Co. official and past head of the American Telemarketing Association; he was quoted in the WSJ as saying "... worries that the Bulmash crusade will 'regulate us and put us out of business'". What business? Calling people without their permission. In fact, harassing people over the telephone who have explicitly told AT&T they don't want to be called by AT&T for telemarketing purposes. If some telemarketer wants to call me, they should get a license from me to call. David
rogue@cellar.UUCP (Rache McGregor) (06/29/91)
gast@lanai.cs.ucla.edu writes: > > I just want to let all of you know that I am recently placed > a value of $87,000 on my name. If I suspect any of you have > my name in any of your computers without the proper license > from me, expect some knocks on the door in the middle of the > night. :-( Does that mean I can't inlude you in my aliases file? :) Rachel K. McGregor : Let the fire be your friend : Call the a/k/a Rogue Winter : And the sea rock you gently : Cellar at rogue@cellar.uucp : Let the moon light your way : 215/336-9503 {tredysvr,uunet}!cellar!rogue : 'Til the wind sets you free : BBS & Usenet