IP: Model makers rail against Net ban

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 09:28:31 +0000
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () newcastle ac uk>


Dave:


You will I think be amused/amazed by an article in todays' Guardian:


"Model makers rail against Net ban"


The opening paragraphs are:


  THEY are among Britain's most uncontroversial hobby enthusiasts; people
whose
  idea of a good argument is debating rolling stock gauges, and whose interest
  in technology extends no further than the Hornby Zero One computer control
  console they bought in 1982.


  But from the sedate quarter of railway modelling, a storm is brewing which
  could form the unlikeliest challenge yet to the relentless, development of
  cyberspace.


  Faced with the incoming tide of global communications, Railway Modeller, the
  hobby's bible, has decided to take on the role of Canute. Without
warning, the
  magazine told advertisers, many of whom had previously included Internet
  addresses, that the publication of URLs was banned.


The full text is at:


http://online.guardian.co.uk/theweb/859389406-railway.html


Cheers


Brian