OFF:<<== see? WARNING! the word NAPSTER appears in thispost!-_-

[MissileCommand]

Michaelangelo Blackman wrote:

> If your a Hawkwind fan then you must be allright
>
> allright..............
>
> from MICHAELANGELO at kangaroo land
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Mather <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
> To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2000 10:55 PM
> Subject: Re: OFF:<<== see? WARNING! the word NAPSTER appears in this
> post!-_-
>
> > On Sat, 13 May 2000 DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:
> >
> > => my main concern regarding napster [in my post from yesterday,] involved
> the
> > => potentially-sinister implications of the phrase "hunted down and
> > => blocked".....to the tune of over 317, 000 computers.
> > =>
> > => ==>>and _none_ of y'all are troubled by this?
> >
> > Not really, as it appears to be par for the course for Napster.  I guess
> > most people usually ignore MOTD files, but these two little lines in the
> > MOTD for the official site caused my eyebrows to raise a tad:
> >
> > >>>>>
> > -- NO BOTS ARE ALLOWED ON THIS SERVICE.  IF YOU RUN ONE HERE, --
> > -- IT WILL BE BLOCKED AND YOUR IP WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED. --
> > <<<<<
> >
> > I find it amusing that this routine blocking policy is quietly brushed
> > aside by Napster whilst rigtheous indignation surrounds those "hunted
> > down and blocked [for copying illegal files]."  (The thing is, bots can
> > be benign as well as harassing, but apparently they're all evil
> > according to Napster, so expell them...)
> >
> > Besides, did they ban 317,000 computers or 317,000 users?  If the
> > latter, surely the 317,000 can simply re-register under a new name and
> > carry on business as usual?  If the former, then they are unfairly
> > discriminating against people on multi-user systems and those behind
> > firewalls!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> > e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
> >
> > "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
> >  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
> >         --- Frank Vincent Zappa
> >

yessir that's some good reeplaeyin!