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The merger between AOL & Time Warner will be approved -  
BUT - the F.C.C. is going to require some form of open access.
The question is - open access for WHOM? Will the conditions 
protect ONLY THE CORPORATIONS or will they also protect YOU 
the END USER?

This is what AOL and Time Warner have to say about censorship 
and speed capping:

IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO 
COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON 
BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S 
ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND 
UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES 
THESE STANDARDS.

DID YOU KNOW:

AOL cancelled the account of the President of the Chemically 
Disabled Americans - they said it was a commercial usage!  The 
president ran it from his bedroom.  As a public service.  His 
comment expressing his outrage is contained in the F.C.C. file.

DID YOU KNOW:  

These are the things that Colette Lantelme, Security Administrator 
of Road Runner, claims are against the Road Runner Acceptable Use 
Policy.

1.  Posting a message on any "For Sale" message board.
2.  Listing a product on any Ebay, Ubid, or similar service. (Boy, is 
    EBAY gonna be PISSED!)
3.  Announcing a job availability.
4.  Replying to a job availability.
5.  Mentioning that the user had tried any product and found 
    it satisfactory - or unsatisfactory.
6.  Posting a message to any "personals" board.
7.  Asking a user for a date.  
8.  Calling attention to any commercial or non-commercial 
    website, including personal websites provided as part 
    of the purchase price of the service sold by Time-Warner.  
9.  Calling attention to any IRC chat channel.  

Want to say that Al Gore can't be elected because he is a democrat?
No problem!  Want to say that Leiberman can't be elected because he
is Jewish? BANNED FROM AOL!

A very small effort on your part can well induce the F.C.C. to 
outlaw this censorship and Speed Capping, and protect YOU as well 
as the corporations.  You have some powerful allies; Consumer's Union, 
Disney, and many commercial software companies.  Even the Attorney 
General of the State of Connecticut is on YOUR side - you may read 
their petitions at the link below.  

But YOU MUST HELP!

You can F.I.L.E YOUR C.O.M.M.E.N.T IN THE O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L C.A.S.E FILE!

---> This is NOT merely a EMAIL message which will be ignored <---

Any response which you file will be an OFFICIAL document included in 
the F.C.C. FILINGS! 
It will appear in the OFFICIAL CASE FILE as a comment 
read by ALL THE ATTORNEYS who are participating in the action, as well 
as ALL THE F.C.C. C.O.M.M.I.S.S.I.O.N.E.R.S! It will remain there 
FOREVER as part of the O.F.F.I.C.I.A.L R.E.C.O.R.D of the AOL - Time 
Warner merger! With YOUR name on it!

Since this internet campaign started, approximately 250 comments have 
been received by the F.C.C from individuals.  (Some are funny as hell!)
We need twice that!

PLEASE - can you HELP PROTECT IRC and USENET?  SEND the SAMPLE COMMENT 
to the F.C.C!

The FCC is on the verge of requiring the protections this letter asks 
for.  Your letter might PUSH THEM OVER THE EDGE and make the internet 
a BETTER PLACE for EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOU!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO USENET AND IRC!  This letter WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
if there are enough of them received by the FCC.  If at least 500
letters are received, we can probably count on the FCC to take decisive
action to prohibit both censorship and speed capping - and to protect 
the users, not merely the corporations.

GET A CHAIN RESPONSE STARTED!  I can do only so much.  I can only post 
to so many newsgroups - I can't do it alone.  WE ALL NEED YOUR HELP!

Copy this message and post it to (at least) 3 newsgroups where it does 
not appear! Then, Send this message by EMAIL to (at least) 5 friends!
If everyone does that, we can FLOOD THE F.C.C. with comments and THEY 
WILL LISTEN!  

LET THE F.C.C. know that THE INTERNET DOSEN'T STAND FOR ANY BULL! Tell 
the F.C.C. I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE!

The future of USENET and IRC depends on the FCC forcing all ISP's 
starting with Time Warner and AOL to recognize free speech and fair 
marketing practices.  PLEASE HELP!

TO FILE YOUR COMMENT WITH THE F.C.C:

1.  Copy the letter to a file.  You can put it on your letterhead 
with MS Word or just use a text file.  You can make any change to 
the letter you want, or add any comment you have.  CHANGES ARE GOOD! 
They show you READ THE LETTER and REALLY CARE!  If you had a bad 
experience with AOL or Time Warner PUT IT IN!

2.  go to:

https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.hts 

(This is the official FCC page where electronic filing of petitions 
is accomplished)

3.  Fill out Cover sheet

Put your name, Address, Email address, and all other required 
information on the form.  (Remember this is an OFFICIAL FILING so 
the FCC requires this information.  It is not published unless you 
put it in the letter as well as the form)

Proceeding is 

             00 - 30 

(Leave out the spaces, they are there to get by the spam filter.  
Put in the -)

(this is VERY IMPORTANT, it is the case number of the AOL TIME 
WARNER APPLICATION for merger.  If you get it wrong, your comment 
WILL NOT BE FILED!)

4.  Send Cover Sheet.

5.  After you send the Cover Sheet, THEN select the filename of the 
letter you are sending, and send that.

6.  After you send the file, you will receive an official 
confirmation of the filing from the FCC.

7. You can TYPE a comment instead of sending this sample comment, but
DON'T PASTE THE SAMPLE COMMENT into the Short Comment box - it 
DOESN'T FIT! 

Comment will appear for all to read in about 4 hours 
(but won't appear after business hours or on the weekend.) 

8.  If you want to see your letter, or read the other submissions,
other letters, the AOL petition, the Disney or Consumer's Union 
objections, etc, here is the URL - Its long!  Put in the case 
number, 00 - 30 (no spaces) and nothing else.

https://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/websql/prod/ecfs/comsrch_v2.hts?ws_mode=retrieve_list&id_proceeding=00-30&start=1

IF YOU LIVE N A FOREIGN COUNTRY and wish to make a comment (This is a 
world wide problem) the Cover Sheet will not accept your address.  You
can do this:  Enter your real name and address including country in
the address lines, but in the STATE box  put CA and in the ZIP (first
field) put 90001.  Ignore the 2nd zip field.  Ignore the 2nd form, and 
TYPE your SHORT COMMENT in the 3rd form. Please identify the country 
you live in the message.  Don't use the sample letter supplied 
because it isn't appropriate for non-US residents.

***>Remember the FORM INFORMATION will NOT appear, only the letter.

NOTE:  There is NO WORD WRAPPING on the letter below, to make it 
easy for you to format so it may be hard to read until you copy it,
depending on your news reader.


        SAMPLE MESSAGE

------------cut here----------------------------------------------


To the FCC Commissioners

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Time Warner has the following Acceptable use policy:

IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS.

Time Warner, and AOL, which has a similar and even more restrictive policy, claims to have the right to terminate anyone, at any time, for any reason.

At first glance this seems reasonable.  After all, they own the system.  But do they acctually OWN the system?

There is no doubt they own the gate, and it is well-known that both AOL and Time Warner have no hesitation in closing the gate.  Time Warner does this by enforcing this condition on its subscribers:

IF TIME WARNER DETERMINES THAT THE SUBSCRIBER HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE SERVICE'S STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OR LIMITS ON BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION, TIME WARNER MAY SUSPEND SUBSCRIBER'S ACCOUNT.  TIME WARNER COMMUNICATIONS SHALL HAVE THE SOLE AND UNREVIEWABLE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER CONTENT VIOLATES THESE STANDARDS.

Don't try to tell me that AOL and Time Warner close that gate only on "bad" speech, the pornographers, the hate-mongers, the "spammers," and gives the rest of us "nice" people free reign to post "acceptable" messages.  It is well known what these companies find unacceptable - anything whatsoever that rubs them, or anyone else, the wrong way.

It has become common knowledge in USENET and IRC Chat that any person can obtain the canceling of a Road Runner account merely by making complaints to Road Runner abuse. The complaints do not have to be justified, they don't even have to be true, there just needs to be made.

Many Road Runner customers have figured this out, and never upload anything to USENET through Road Runner, or access IRC through Road Runner, but obtain a backup account to protect their high speed access. Unfortunately, the majority of the people don't find this out until they have been terminated for "abuse" that never happened. What is worse, recently Road Runner has terminated some customers who posted material it considered objectionable which was not even posted through Road Runner, but through this back-up ISP! 

It is beginning to appear that Road Runner is actively trying to get rid of anyone who regularly posts political, social, or any other comment to USENET or IRC, and that Road Runner is attempting to convert the internet from a way to express views to a service where they can sell their other Time Warner offerings. This is not what the internet is supposed to be.

Regular users of USENET and IRC have become extremely concerned that the merger of AOL and Time Warner will result in the disappearance of USENET and IRC.  The merged company will not prohibit access entirely, it will just terminate the account of anyone who posts any message offensive to anyone.... and any message will of course be offensive to someone.  USENET and IRC will become vehicles where the only matter taht can be discussed without fear of termination will be Road Runner cartoons. 

If the merger takes place, the merged company will be in a position where they can effectively remove both USENET and IRC as viable components of the internet, at least for users with high-speed access. I would like to see some insurance that this cannot happen. 

Please, for the benefit of internet users who do use the internet for purposes of speaking out rather than purchasing interactive cartoons or games from Time Warner, if you approve the merger between Time Warner and AOL merger, include some protection for USENET and IRC users so that these valuable internet functions cannot be elimiFrom 666638140786494549
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From: super3ddumbdumb@cs.com (Super3Ddumbdumb)
Subject: Extra Income LOOK!!
Date: 2000/06/25
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From: Nicholas Scott 
Topic: Extra Income LOOK!!
Message:   1 of 1 


A FUN way to earn EXTRA INCOME! This really 

does work, and it's fun too! HOW TO TURN SIX 

DOLLARS INTO SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS: READING 

THIS COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE! IT DOES WORK! : I 

found this on a bulletin board and decided to 

try it. A little while back, I was browsing 

through newsgroups, just like you are now, and 

came across an article similar to this that 

said you could make thousands of dollars 

within weeks with only an initial investment 

of $6.00! So I thought, "Yeah right, this must 

be a scam", but like most of us, I was 

curious, so I kept reading. Anyway, it said 

that you send $1.00 to each of the 6 names and 

address stated in the article. You then place 

your own name and address in the bottom of the 

list at #6, and post the article in at least 

200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No 

catch, that was it. So after thinking it over, 

and talking to a few people first, I thought 

about trying it. I figured "what have I got to 

lose except 6 stamps and $6.00, right?" Then I 

invested the measly $6.00. Well GUESS WHAT! ? 

within 7 days, I started getting money in the 

mail! I was shocked! I figured it would end 

soon, but the money just kept coming in. In my 

first week, I made about $25.00. By the end of 

the second week I had made a total of over 

$1,000.00! In the third week I had over 

$10,000.00 and it's still growing. This is now 

my fourth week and I have made a total of just 

over $42,000.00 and it's still coming in 

rapidly. It's certainly worth $6.00, and 6 

stamps, I have spent more than that on the 

lottery!! Let me tell you how this works and 

most importantly, WHY it works... Also, make 

sure you print a copy of this article NOW, so 

you can get the information off of it as you 

need it. I promise you that if you follow the 

directions exactly, that you will start making 

more money than you thought possible by doing 

something so easy! Suggestion: Read this 

entire message carefully! (print it out or 

download it.) Follow the simple directions and 

watch the money come in! It's easy. It's 

legal. And, your investment is only $6.00 

(Plus postage) IMPORTANT: This is not a 

rip-off; it is not indecent; it is not 

illegal; and it is 99% no risk - it really 

works! If all of the following instructions 

are adhered to, you will receive extraordinary 

dividends. PLEASE NOTE: Please follow these 

directions EXACTLY, and $50,000 or more can be 

yours in 20 to 60 days. This program remains 

successful because of the honesty and 

integrity of the participants. Please continue 

its success by carefully adhering to the 

instructions. You will now become part of the 

Mail Order business. In this business your 

product is not solid and tangible, it's a 

service. You are in the business of developing 

Mailing Lists. Many large corporations are 

happy to pay big bucks for quality lists. 

However, the money made from the mailing lists 

is secondary to the income which is made from 

people like you and me asking to be included 

in that list. Here are the 4 easy steps to 

success: STEP 1: Get 6 separate pieces of 

paper and write the following on each piece of 

paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." 

Now get 6 US $1.00 bills and place ONE inside 

EACH of the 6 pieces of paper so the bill will 

not be seen through the envelope (to prevent : 

thievery). Next, place one paper in each of 

the 6 envelopes and seal them. You should now 

have 6 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of 

paper stating the above phrase, your name and 

address, and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing 

is creating a service. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY 

LEGAL! You are requesting a legitimate service 

and you are paying for it! Like most of us I 

was a little skeptical and a little worried 

about the legal aspects of it all. So I 

checked it out with the U.S. Post Office 

(1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is 

indeed legal. Mail the 6 envelopes to the 

following addresses : #1)Shawn Greene: 1c Stillwell 

Dr. Salem, MA 01970 #2)Matthew Brown; 1317 W. Romneya Dr.

Anaheim, CA 92801 

: #3)Lily Fale: 12461 Dawn Lane Cerritos, CA 90703 

: #4)Michael J. Warrington:2 Killult, Falcarragh,

Letterkenny:Co. Donegal: IRELAND

:#5) Mr. Juan Reid P.O.Box 730 #2 St.James, JAMAICA, W.I.

:#6 Nicholas Scott; 407 Loretta Circle, Walland Tennessee

37886

STEP 2: Now 

take the #1 name off the list that you see 

above, move the other names up (6 becomes 5, 5 

becomes 4, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number 

6 on the list. : STEP 3: Change anything you 

need to, but try to keep this article as close 

to original as possible. Now, post your 

amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. (I 

think there are close to 24,000 groups) All 

you need is 200, but remember, the more you 

post, the more money you make! You won't get 

very much unless you post like crazy. ) This 

is perfectly legal! If you have any doubts, 

refer to Title 18 Sec. 1302 & 1341 of the 

Postal lottery laws. Keep a copy of these 

steps for yourself and, whenever you need 

money, you can use it again, and again. PLEASE 

REMEMBER that this program remains successful 

because of the honesty and integrity of the 

participants and by their carefully adhering 

to the directions. Look at it this way. If you 

are of integrity, the program will continue 

and the money that so many others have 

received will come your way. NOTE: You may 

want to retain every name and address sent to 

you, either on a computer or hard copy and 

keep the notes people send you. This VERIFIES 

that you are truly providing a service. (Also, 

it might be a good idea to wrap the $1 bill in 

dark paper to reduce the risk of mail theft.) 

So, as each post is downloaded and the 

directions carefully followed, six members 

will be reimbursed for their participation as 

a List Developer with one dollar each. Your 

name will move up the list geometrically so 

that when your name reaches the #1 position 

you will be receiving thousands of dollars in 

CASH!!! What an opportunity for only $6.00 

($1.00 for each of the first six people listed 

above) Send it now, add your own name to the 

list and you're in business! ---DIRECTIONS 

----- FOR HOW TO POST TO 

NEWSGROUPS------------ Step 1) You do not need 

to re-type this entire letter to do your own 

posting. Simply put your cursor at the 

beginning of this letter and drag your cursor 

to the bottom of this document, and select 

'copy' from the edit menu. This will copy the 

entire letter into the computer's memory. Step 

2) Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your 

cursor at the top of the blank page. From the 

'edit' menu select 'paste'. This will paste a 

copy of the letter into notepad so that you 

can add your name to the list. Step 3) Save 

your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you 

want to do your postings in different 

settings, you'll always have this file to go 

back to. Step 4) Use Netscape or Internet 

explorer and try searching for various 

newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, 

chat sites, discussions.) Step 5) Visit these 

message boards and post this article as a new 

message by highlighting the text of this 

letter and selecting paste from the edit menu. 

Fill in the Subject, this will be the header 

that everyone sees as they scroll through the 

list of postings in a particular group, click 

the post message button. You're done with your 

first one! Congratulations...THAT'S IT! All 

you have to do is jump to different newsgroups 

and post away, after you get the hang of it, 

it will take about 30 seconds for each 

newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU 

POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE! BUT YOU 

HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200** That's it! You 

will begin receiving money from around the 

world within days! You may eventually want to 

rent a P.O. Box due to the large amount of 

mail you will receive. If you wish to stay 

anonymous, you can invent a name to use, as 

long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST 

MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** 

Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $ 

1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each with 

my name at #5 and only 5 persons respond to 

each of the original 5, that is another $25.00 

for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM 

posts with my name at #4 and only 5 replies 

each, I will bring in an additional $125.00! 

Now, those 125 persons turn around and post 

the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #3 and only 

receive 5 replies each, I will make an 

additional $625.00! OK, now here is the fun 

part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 

200 letters with my name at #2 and they each 

only receive 5 replies, that just made me 

$3,125.00!!! Those 3,125 persons will all 

deliver this message to 200 newsgroups with my 

name at #1 and if still 5 persons per 200 

newsgroups react I will receive $15,625,00! 

With an original investment of only $6.00! 

AMAZING! When your name is no longer on the 

list, you just take the latest posting in the 

newsgroups, and send out another $6.00 to 

names on the list, putting your name at number 

6 again. And start posting again. The thing to 

remember is that thousands of people all over 

the world are joining the internet and reading 

these articles everyday?, JUST LIKE YOU are 

now!! So, can you afford $6.00 and see if it 

really works?? I think so... People have said, 

"what if the plan is played out and no one 

sends you the money? So what! What are the 

chances of that happening when there are tons 

of new honest users and new honest people who 

are joining the internet and newsgroups 

everyday and are willing to give it a try? 

Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, 

every day, with thousands of those joining the 

actual internet. Remember, play FAIRLY and 

HONESTLY and this will really work.