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Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada

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From: Ian R. Ameline
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 16:15
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In <25MAR199400131092@pavo.concordia.ca>, j_diamo@pavo.concordia.ca (DIAMOND, JESSICA) writes:
>In article <2mt4nc$fsu@tornews.torolab.ibm.com>, ameline@vnet.ibm.com writes...
>>In <2msfqr$pcv@ghost.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>, djones@CIM.McGill.CA (David Jones) writes:
>>>	WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
>>>
>>>Bookstores throughout Ontario, Canada, are pulling WiReD 2.04 (April '94)
>>>from their shelves because it violates the Homolka/Teale publication ban.
>>>
>>>Toronto's "Worlds Biggest Bookstore" was apparently the first
>>>to withdraw the illegal magazine.
>>>
>>>The Canadian distributor of WiReD has issued a memo advising all bookstores
>>>to return the illegal issue for a full credit.
>>>
>>>---
>>>One wonders whether 2.04 will become more of a collector's item than 1.01  :-)
>> 
>>   Thats gotta be a load of crap -- I bought that issue from a bookstore here 
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
     I mean the ban -- not what the poster is saying.

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>
>Actually, there was a recent article in, oh, I think the UGuelph paper about
>the UofT Varsity being considered to have broken the ban because they published
>a step-by-step guide on how to get the information.
>
>Jessika

   That's a really obnoxious turn of events.
                                                                                  
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From: ameline@provence.torolab.ibm.com (Ian R. Ameline)
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Subject: Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
Date: 25 Mar 1994 16:15:39 GMT
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