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John R Hartsock (jhartsoc@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu) wrote:

: The following was posted by you in the newsgroup  cmh.general and
: constitutes a solicitation for a pyramid plan or program which is illegal
: in Ohio as well as most states. 

Captain Hartsock, would you care to state precisely which statutes in 
ohio make it illegal to sell recipes?  

: You can be criminally prosecuted from any site where this post appears.

Perhaps. 

: I have forwarded a copy of this to your system administrator, who I am 
: sure will want to talk to you about this illegal use of their system.  
: I strongly suggest that you retract the post and desist from posting 
: similar items in the future.

: Captain John R. Hartsock  
: The Ohio State University 
: University Police         

Officer Hartsock, you might want to check a little more carefully into 
what is written rather than immediately going into flame mode.  I don't 
like this sort of thing much either, but there is a significant 
difference, whether you see it or not.

The Dave Rhodes 'MAKE.MONEY.FAST' scheme asked people to send money to 
those on a list with nothing in return.

This particular variation involves asking people to write in for 
recipes.  If these people on the list actually do mail out recipes in 
response to the $2 sent to them, then this is not a solicitation for a 
criminal conspiracy and saying such may in fact be libelous.

All it takes is to show that these people do not have copies of these 
recipes available for mailing.  If they do, then it's not a crime unless 
Ohio has made advertising for written materials a crime (in view of the 
case of _Mapp v. Ohio_, I wonder...)

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