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- From: hrlaser@netcom.com (H.R. Laser)
- Subject: Re: Ethics of joining CompuServe to DL B&P
- Message-ID: <hrlaserDn8xLu.J1A@netcom.com>
- Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 20:44:17 GMT
- Sender: hrlaser@netcom9.netcom.com
-
- : Joseph Crowe (jcrowe) wrote:
- : : singh@wwa.com (singh) wrote:
- : : >Hmm I never thought about that...guess that wouldn't be unethical since
- : : >compuserve *gives* you ten hours free...just out of curiosity is there an
- : : >ascii manual that comes with it? Also any other input on whether or not
- : : >using free hours to dl would be ethical, albeit legal?
-
- There's certainly nothing unethical about it at all. Why would one
- even think there is? If CI$ didn't want to let you join, use
- ten free hours, and then quit, they wouldn't let you. The whole
- idea behind those "free hours" is similar to giving a kid his
- first hit of crack for free. Get him hooked. The online services
- who give away [x] free hours just want to get you hooked.
-
- "Well, I've used up my free hours... oh.. they have a [blah blah]
- Forum! I'll go check it out. Oh, and look over there, I can get
- the whole schedule for my favorite teevee show! Oh and lookee
- here, weather maps... etc. etc."
-
- Besides, you don't get those "free" hours till you log in,
- sign up with the temporary ID/password, and plug in your
- credit card number. Then they simply count on you NOT cancelling
- the account before using up the free hours.
-
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