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>From: <strider@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Dear Ken and Visakha,
>
>  The misattribution of typing you noted is not the fault of ABSDF-MTZ, but
>rather is an editorial slip that BurmaNet is responsible for.  Members 
>of the section of the All-Burma Students Democratic Front led by Moe 
>Thee Zun voluntarily type some of the articles from the Bangkok Post 
>and the Nation.  Whatever disagreements of policy or politics anyone 
>might have with ABSDF-MTZ, what they are doing is a service to all 
>Burma watchers on the net, especially at times when technical problems 
>by the primary typists make it difficult for them to get on the net--as 
>you have noticed is happening at the moment.  The contributions emailed 
>to the net by ABSDF-MTZ have a notation about who did the typing, which 
>is included in issues of the BurmaNet News as a matter of course.  The 
>error in this case is not in acknowledging that ABSDF-MTZ made a 
>contribution to the net, which they did.  But in not also acknowledging 
>the work done by BRC-Japan.  I'm sorry for that oversight and I'll try 
>to make sure that all contributions to the net are properly acknowledged.
>
> Regards,
>
>     Strider
>
>
>
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> > Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 00:27:23 +0900
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> > From: brelief@xxxxxxx (Ken and Visakha Kawasaki)
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> > Dear Burmanet, 
> >
> > We are piqued to find at the end of the net news the claim
> > "Typed by the Research Department of the ABSDF
> > {MTZ}," when there are items that we ourselves put on. 
> > We don't feel it is necessary to give ourselves credit but we
> > don't want MTZ and company to take credit for our
> > postings.  From now on do we need to add typed by BRC -
> > J or scanned by scanjet?  When postings are from news
> > sources, why is it necessary to mention who typed them,
> > except to apologize for an inordinate number of typos?  
> >
> > That leads us to another query.  Hasn't the volume of news
> > from the Bkk Post and the Nation dropped recently?  What
> > are we missing?  Do the typists of MTZ need
> > supplementing?  
> >
> > That leads us to a final observation. Today we read a very
> > pointed and articulate opinion on the net with no attribution
> > whatsoever.  Luckily we had just read an abridged version
> > of this same opinion on the editorial page of The Japan
> > Times, where it was properly attributed to The Nation of
> > October 4.  All news and editorial comments need to be
> > clearly identified so that we can accurately quote our
> > sources.  If nothing further is specififed, shouldn't we be
> > able to assume they were written by the same people who
> > posted them?
> >
> > Thanks very much for considering these issues.
> >
> > Ken and Visakha Kawasaki
> >
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