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Skriven 2010-07-31 22:13:15 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
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Hello Björn,

On Friday July 30 2010 13:31, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Björn's cutoff. It most likely was a vindictive Z1 sysop that
 MvdV>> wanted to "get" Björn and who reported him to dyndns.

 BF>    It was. And he even bragged about it here in this echo.

Thank you for refreshing my memory. Yes, I remember him bragging about
reporting you to some "instance".

 BF> And no, it was not Roy. Say what you will about him, but that's not
 BF> really the kind of guy he is... :)

It was the same guy that published my Fidonews articles on his website without
my permission. And when I asked him to lead by example and respect my
copyright, and remove the articles, refused.

 MvdV>> Who then dicontinued his account without notice and without a
 MvdV>> possibility to appeal.

 BF>    That's what I found most disgusting about their attitude. I will
 BF> refrain from posting the absolutely appalling replies I got from the
 BF> DynDNS crew when I asked them about what happened.

Hé don't keep the juicy details to yourself, share them with your friends. ;-)

 BF> It was enough to make me realize that US based services was not
 BF> something I wanted to use.

And it made me decide the same.

 BF>    Some years ago, US copyright laws had a clause about "fair use".
 BF> This is now something that the US government has short of deleted from
 BF> their laws. When the media industry says "jump!", the US government
 BF> just asks "how high?".

Oddly enough, when I objected against my articles being published on that
website without my permission, some argued that permission was implicit when I
submitted them for publication in the fidonews file area and the fidonews echo.
Some others argued that it was fair use. Apparently fair use is one of those
things that only apply when it is convenient... for them..

Cheers, Michiel

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