Re: Unauthorized use of material and deceiving newsgroup users....

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Ralf Doeblitz (doeblitz@gmx.de)
Wed, 9 Dec 1998 12:32:37 +0100

On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 01:38:48AM -0600, Terry Ortman wrote:
> When I first submitted my FAQ for approval, it was because another person
> basically stole my info and was publishing what he claimed to the FAQ for
^^^
> the alt.fan.traci-lords newsgroup.

FAQs are not authoritative. If the other person's FAQ is accepted in the
newsgroup, there is no reason why (s)he shouldn't post it.

[...]
> I have been complaining to mindsprings abuse department for the past 8
> months about this person, and he continues to tell anyone that is new to
> either newsgroup to get the FAQ at his url.

See above, unless there is a consensus in the newsgroups _against_ that
FAQ, there is absolutely no reason why mindspring's abuse departmemnt
should do anything. It could be seen as censoring if they would suppress
that FAQ in that situation.

> >From my understanding, posting that a FAQ is the approved FAQ is the
> highest violation of usenet posting rules.

There are no approved or unapproved FAQs. FAQs are just periodic
informational postings. They don't have any special status.

Ralf

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