From: "Pat Farrell" <pfarrell@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 94 15:27:01 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: MacPGP and AOL
Message-ID: <66259.pfarrell@netcom.com>
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> AOL will not allow me to upload MacPGP on the basis that there is
> a  court case pending against the author, and therefore it should not be
> allowed. My question is since the court case is pending why can't they
> allow it on  until a verdict has been reached?  Is this common for
> commercial online services or ftp sites to ban it?

Jim Bodzos of RSA has a simple plan that goes roughly like this: if you
make money off of RSA, he makes money. CompuServ pulled PGP a long time
ago, way before PRZ's lawsuit, because they were the only ones making money
off PGP in the country -- all those $$ for download fees. EFF had it in
their forum, as did several others, all were pulled.

Pat

Pat Farrell      Grad Student                 pfarrell@gmu.edu
Department of Computer Science    George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
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