Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ur-tut.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!rochester!ur-tut!tuba From: tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Telephone mailing lists (flame) Message-ID: <218@ur-tut.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 01:53:47 EST Article-I.D.: ur-tut.218 Posted: Wed Nov 13 01:53:47 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Nov-85 20:44:55 EST References: <1042@mtuxo.UUCP> <504@ittvax.ATC.ITT.UUCP> <1971@bmcg.UUCP> <10903@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1979@bmcg.UUCP> Reply-To: tuba@ur-tut.UUCP (Jon Krueger) Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center Lines: 28 In article <1979@bmcg.UUCP> bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert) writes: >I have the right to call any telephone number in the phone book. (That's >why there is a phone book). You have the ability to call any number in the book. You also have the ability to call the unlisted numbers, as is done by autodialers that call sequences of numbers. You also have the ability to knock on any door of any residence. In fact, many physical paths are available to you to interrupt people, tie up their communication links, and waste their time. Any such path gives you the ability. None of them gives you the right. Suppose I buy phone service which screens out your calls. Have I infringed on your rights? No, I've exercised mine. >You have the right to hang up on me. If you don't want your privacy >invaded, a. Don't have a phone b. Unplug it when you don't use it. Should I also blockade my door when I'm not using it? Do you believe that wherever I provide access to my life, you have the right to abuse it? I pay my access fees so that people can reach me. Are you willing to pay me back to compensate me for my loss of phone service? I'll add a surcharge to cover my time lost and inconvenience suffered. If you're willing to go the expense, you can buy the right. My .signature lists several ways of reaching me. I provide the list as a courtesy to those who would like to reach me. You may not conclude that you have the right to do so. For instance, I could change my network address or phone number. I would not be violating your rights, but rather exercising mine.