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From: tony@ssc-bee.UUCP (Anthony Stelmack)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: How to legally read Joe Bob
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 16:11:30 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 16:11:30 1984
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> But then the real problem. They want "only" $100 a week for the rights to
> distribute Joe Bob (with a $1200 advanced payment). I guess this could be
> done, after all, there are around 1200 sites, if each site contributes a
> dollar...   But who would want to send their dollars off to an unknown
> person, who could very easily pocket the money
> 
> George Moore					  Tandy System Software

I think it's reasonable and feasible to 'buy' (rent?) Joe Bob, although $100
a week seems a little high.

First; the money would have to come from individuals, not sites.  (I've never
seen a VAX with a pocket, let alone a dollar in it.)   I would be willing to
pay a few dollars a year to have Joe Bob on the net.  His columns are carried
locally by the Seattle Times.  Except that they are edited to avoid offending
community morals, and REALLY OFFENSIVE columns just aren't published.  (This
in a city which reportedly ranks number one in the country in "Escort
Services" per capita.)   Some of the quarters I wouldn't spend on the Seattle
Times could go towards Joe Bob on the net.  (I probably shouldn't have said
that.)

Why not just start a fund that individuals can send mony to?  When the fund
gets big enough, Joe Bob goes on the net.  When (if) the fund gets empty,
he stops.

Second;  I think that there are probably a few trustworthy individuals on
the net.  Anyone who is a system administrator at a university or a
software house has greater potential income sources than a possible
Joe Bob Fund.

Last;  The real problem is finding someone to do it.  I would volunteer except
that I will be off the net in about three weeks, and I'm not in a good position
to do it anyway, being neither a system administrator nor at a backbone site.

This could be a very interesting experiment/precedent.  Let's go for it!.