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1. Material protected by copyright should not be posted to the list, and the list should not be used as a means to illegally exchange such material. ClariNet articles (i.e., the clari.* newsgroups) are protected by copyright and must not be posted to the list. If you want ClariNet at your site, write to info@clarinet.com. Information downloaded from the Bloodstock Research Information Services (BRIS) computer is protected by copyright. These people do monitor the list and have been known to take action against violations.

   Excerpts of an article or book, so long as proper attribution is given, are OK; and a brief extract of something downloaded from Bloodstock is OK, but using the list to distribute data downloaded from Bloodstock is not OK. (For example, do not post the High Tech Handicapper's Report the night before a race.)

   Anyone violating the copyright rule will be immediately removed from the list.

2. Personal attacks are frowned upon and severely punished. This list is for the discussion of horse racing, not for meta-discussions about the nature and character of previous postings or posters. Violators of this rule are ex-communicated. This is a hard and fast rule, and strictly enforced. Flames: just say no.

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See you at the races,
Cindy Pierson
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