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In article <MAINE.90Mar7090212@altair.dfrf.nasa.gov> maine@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Richard Maine) writes:
>My 2c is that I think shareware is a great concept and I like to see it
>encouraged.  I think it should be allowed on the net with no restrivtions.

How nice.  Tell me, how much do you pay for feeding news to or from another
site?  If you had phone bills up in the $100+ range, due *entirely* to news
transfer, I have a slight feeling you might change your mind (and, no, I
don't have a newsfeed at home [yet?], so I am not paying either).

>My understanding is that I can't be legally forced to pay for the stuff.

But other people *are* paying for it, in phone bills (or other costs, such
as disk space, tapes for backup, leased lines if they have them, etc.).  In
fact, you *are* paying for it:  taxes.  And, lucky you, you get *nothing* in
return, while the shareware-poster gets free distribution.  Isn't that
precious?

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