Path: sn.no!uninett.no!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!recycled.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.wli.net!newshub.sirius.com!newsfiler.sirius.com!not-for-mail From: conway@juggling.org (Andrew Conway) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology,comp.org.eff.talk,alt.censorship Subject: Re: Internet Ventures, Inc. (Response) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 21:45:29 -0800 Organization: Save the Dodo Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <344cca1d.8671929@news.supernews.com> <344f85c8.61309398@news.calstate.edu> <34513C75.312B433B@tidepool.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp-asfm-a--029.sirius.net X-Newsreader: Anawave Gravity v1.10 Xref: sn.no alt.religion.scientology:388190 comp.org.eff.talk:73851 alt.censorship:171391 [This followup was posted to alt.religion.scientology, comp.org.eff.talk, alt.censorship and a copy was sent to the cited author.] In article <34513C75.312B433B@tidepool.com>, Donald Janke says... > This is an open letter to Netizens who have been following the dispute > between Grady Ward and Tidepool Internet. > > I am the President of Internet Ventures (IVI), Inc.; [...] Thank you for restoring Grady's account, and for being willing to discuss this in public. Please read the responses to your post carefully, especially those coming from people with legal knowledge and qualifications. Though you may not wish to admit it, I think you will come to recognise that it was a big mistake to cancel Grady's account in the first place. However, I'm sure you will find that the net does not bear grudges against those who are willing to fix their mistakes and move on. May I politely suggest that in future you make no restrictions on the postings of your subscribers other than those required by the rulings of the US Supreme Court, and those required to prevent gross net abuse such as spamming and illegal cancels. The interests of both yourself and your customers would be best served by this policy. Andre