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Subject:Re: About ads--DELETE if you wish From:Herman Holtz <holtz -at- CLARK -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 24 Feb 1995 08:12:39 -0500
On Thu, 23 Feb 1995, Steve Mott wrote:
> I also posted a brief message about direct digital printing which is
> a service provided by the company where I work. Some might call it
> an advert. It was meant to share a very good service with people who
> might well benefit from it.
I think some individuals use a rather loose interpretation of what
constitutes advertising. If someone asks for information and you tell
them of a source--someone else's book, newsletter, or other--it is not
advertising. But if you happen to be the author or publisher of that
book, newsltter, or other, it is considered to be advertising by some
individuals, who then go to their vigilante mode.
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