![]() ![]() Why didn’t you just say so, instead of dragging the spirit of the Net into things?ĬL: For years, we’ve tried to convince the Net community that we’re just as real a part of the Net as they are. ![]() America Online actually has a legal basis for its stance. As for volunteer labor-well, let’s just say that with 17 million subscribers we can probably find someone to fill in.ĪG: Wait. It would be hard to prove how volunteers have been ma-terially harmed. Now that we offer an inexpensive unlimited-use package, there’s not a tremendous economic barrier. As for the guides themselves, they’re free to leave, or to purchase regular AOL accounts. It’s hard to unring the bell and make a case that there were onerous conditions put on their service. At least AOL’s a free and equal collective-type partnership, right?ĪG: Except that AOL has volunteers punch in for work and follow a schedule.ĪG: And except that AOL boots volunteers for voicing disagreement with policies like payment of volunteers.ĬL: Legally, it’s unlikely that the volunteers have a leg to stand on-after all, they knew and agreed to the terms. ![]()
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