Of Some Concern To Our Group

[Sawney Beane]

Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Sawney Beane wrote:
>
> > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > >
> > > Sawney Beane wrote:
> > >
> > > > Gregory Morrow wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Frex some of my rec.travel posts appear on such places as
> > > > > www.british-expats.com , why I don't know as I am neither British
> or an
> > > > > ex - pat...
> > > >
> > > > You're not the Gregory Morrow who used to play for the Boston
> > > > Patriots? Is he British? Could it be that you suffer from amnesia
> > > > after being bonked too many times? If you're not Gregory Morrow, I
> > > > think you should apologize to his fans at www.british-expats.com
> > > > and change your name.
> > >
> > > I never played for a sports team and I am not British...
> > >
> > > --
> > > Best
> > > Greg
> >
> > I think you're at least half right. If you were British, you would
> > have denied being a soccer whizz.
> >
> > Do you know anyone who knew you before your amnesia? If not, why
> > not offer your autograph to some Pats fans? If they confirm that
> > you're not *the* Gregory Morrow, you can get your name changed in
> > Minnesota with no questions asked.
>
> I'll admit that quite frankly I'd rather change my *sex* than my
> *name*...except perhaps if Choreboy could assist me in the matter.
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

This may help you decide:
http://store.yahoo.com/transgender/whatmymensex4.html

It tells how to determine which sex you are mentally. Changing
your name to Maurine might bring such an improvement to your social
life that you may no longer want the testicular implants and the mammaplasty.

Before making an appointment with Choreboy, you should hire the
best anesthesiologist you can find.

[Sawney Beane]

Dawn wrote:
>
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:51:08 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
> wrote:
>
> >How do others in our group feel about our posts being stolen and used in
> >online forums? I must say I was quite annoyed to see it, I assumed my post
> >would only come here or to the archives, some sites seem to copyright the
> >posts - not on I say. On my search for signs of our missing posters I found
> >several sites doing the same, they made it look as though WE posted to their
> >forums. Should someone complain or is it acceptable practise?
> >This one for example http://www.janitorialservice.us/ (I am NOT spamming
> >this company but see no other way to point to them)
> >over on the left is the Cleaning Service Forums where I can see our thread
> >titles including "Best of Bonk "which iirc was by winnie ho, she could have
> >said MRS Bonk and made life easier for me but still all done and dusted now.
> >To be quite frank I find it all rather deceitful. What say you?
> >
> I agree with Nan and Gregory. Doesn't seem right but not much we can
> do I guess.

http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/

[Mrs Bonk]

Nan wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005 02:51:08 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
> wrote:
>
>> How do others in our group feel about our posts being stolen and used in
>> online forums? I must say I was quite annoyed to see it, I assumed my
>> post would only come here or to the archives, some sites seem to
>> copyright the posts - not on I say. On my search for signs of our
>> missing posters I found several sites doing the same, they made it look
>> as though WE posted to their forums. Should someone complain or is it
>> acceptable practise?
>> This one for example http://www.janitorialservice.us/ (I am NOT
>> spamming this company but see no other way to point to them)
>> over on the left is the Cleaning Service Forums where I can see our
>> thread titles including "Best of Bonk "which iirc was by winnie ho, she
>> could have said MRS Bonk and made life easier for me but still all done
>> and dusted now. To be quite frank I find it all rather deceitful. What
>> say you?
>
> I don't think complaining would do any good, but I don't find it to be
> an acceptable practice, either.
> Most of these sites do not honor a posters no archive request, either
> in the post body or the headers, either.

If they willy nilly take our posts we may be able to incorporate a message
showing how we - as a group find the whole thing distasteful and also making
subscribers aware that the forums are stealing our posts from Usenet. A bit
like I am doing now!

[Mrs Bonk]

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Mrs Bonk wrote:
>
>> How do others in our group feel about our posts being stolen and used in
>> online forums? I must say I was quite annoyed to see it, I assumed my
>> post would only come here or to the archives, some sites seem to
>> copyright the posts - not on I say. On my search for signs of our
>> missing posters I found several sites doing the same, they made it look
>> as though WE posted to their forums. Should someone complain or is it
>> acceptable practise?
>> This one for example http://www.janitorialservice.us/ (I am NOT
>> spamming this company but see no other way to point to them)
>> over on the left is the Cleaning Service Forums where I can see our
>> thread titles including "Best of Bonk "which iirc was by winnie ho, she
>> could have said MRS Bonk and made life easier for me but still all done
>> and dusted now. To be quite frank I find it all rather deceitful. What
>> say you?
>>
>
>
> It's been going on for quite a whiles now, Mrs. B. and I daresay there is
> not much to be done about it. If you google my name you'll see a whole
> bunch of my Usenet posts "archived" on various discussion boards, same
> with yours and many others'...
>
> Frex some of my rec.travel posts appear on such places as
> www.british-expats.com , why I don't know as I am neither British or an
> ex - pat...
>
> I agree with you, it's a somewhat sneaky practice. I frankly don't know
> why these boards have to resort to "harvesting" posts from Usenet groups.
> I don't know what the "legal" ramifications of such practices are...IIRC
> Usenet posts are not "owned" by anyone and I guess may be disseminated in
> most any matter.

I appreciate your posting on this matter Gregory. Regarding the legalities,
the posts may or may not be owned by anyone but if the content had for
instance, a libel by a poster and was then deleted from Usenet and Google
but not from the forum as the OP may not be aware it was there, then I
wonder how the forum and the OP would stand up in court.

[Mrs Bonk]

Gregory Morrow wrote:
> Sawney Beane wrote:
>
>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>>
>>> Sawney Beane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Gregory Morrow wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Frex some of my rec.travel posts appear on such places as
>>>>> www.british-expats.com , why I don't know as I am neither British or
>>>>> an ex - pat...
>>>>
>>>> You're not the Gregory Morrow who used to play for the Boston
>>>> Patriots? Is he British? Could it be that you suffer from amnesia
>>>> after being bonked too many times? If you're not Gregory Morrow, I
>>>> think you should apologize to his fans at www.british-expats.com
>>>> and change your name.
>>>
>>> I never played for a sports team and I am not British...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best
>>> Greg
>>
>> I think you're at least half right. If you were British, you would
>> have denied being a soccer whizz.
>>
>> Do you know anyone who knew you before your amnesia? If not, why
>> not offer your autograph to some Pats fans? If they confirm that
>> you're not *the* Gregory Morrow, you can get your name changed in
>> Minnesota with no questions asked.
>
>
> I'll admit that quite frankly I'd rather change my *sex* than my
> *name*...except perhaps if Choreboy could assist me in the matter.

I believe Choreboy lost his posting account. however, your reply would
answer a few questions I had raised to myself. Everything is beginning to
clear!

[Nan]

On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 20:40:03 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
wrote:

>If they willy nilly take our posts we may be able to incorporate a message
>showing how we - as a group find the whole thing distasteful and also making
>subscribers aware that the forums are stealing our posts from Usenet. A bit
>like I am doing now!

In all honesty, I don't think the forum owners notice, or even care.
Geobaby is a site that harvests posts from parenting groups and many
of us emailed the owner and complained, and put bold headers on posts
to the attention of the group, to no avail.

Nan

[Mrs Bonk]

Nan wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 20:40:03 -0000, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
> wrote:
>
>> If they willy nilly take our posts we may be able to incorporate a
>> message showing how we - as a group find the whole thing distasteful and
>> also making subscribers aware that the forums are stealing our posts
>> from Usenet. A bit like I am doing now!
>
> In all honesty, I don't think the forum owners notice, or even care.
> Geobaby is a site that harvests posts from parenting groups and many
> of us emailed the owner and complained, and put bold headers on posts
> to the attention of the group, to no avail.
>
I see, it would appear that I've missed the boat. Thank you anyway Nan. Back
to square one I go.

[Sawney Beane]

Mrs Bonk wrote:
>
> Gregory Morrow wrote:

> >
> > I'll admit that quite frankly I'd rather change my *sex* than my
> > *name*...except perhaps if Choreboy could assist me in the matter.
>
> I believe Choreboy lost his posting account. however, your reply would
> answer a few questions I had raised to myself. Everything is beginning to
> clear!

Just before Choreboy disappeared, he asked what you had done with
Gary. Perhaps you could clear that up for us.