From declanm@netcom.com Sat Jul 15 23:20:15 1995 Return-Path: Received: from po8.andrew.cmu.edu by mail5.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id XAA19554; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 23:05:19 -0700 Received: (from postman@localhost) by po8.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id CAA10945; Sun, 16 Jul 1995 02:06:09 -0400 Received: via switchmail for fight-censorship+@andrew.cmu.edu; Sun, 16 Jul 1995 02:06:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from po2.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sun, 16 Jul 1995 02:05:18 -0400 (EDT) Received: from well.com (well.com [198.93.4.10]) by po2.andrew.cmu.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id CAA12977 for ; Sun, 16 Jul 1995 02:05:11 -0400 Received: (from kieran@localhost) by well.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id XAA11778; Sat, 15 Jul 1995 23:05:07 -0700 Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 23:05:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Aaron L Dickey Subject: Re: Rimm's Illustrator Denies Involvement To: D B McCullagh cc: fight-censorship@andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Status: RO X-Status: J.D. Falk and myself have received the following email from (supposedly) Carolyn Speranza. It is similar to what Declan just posted, but this includes demands that he and I completely apologize and retract everything said not just about her (which is essentially nothing anyway), but also about Rimm, the study, AND the book. That, of course, is VERY strange coming from someone who wants to do completely distance herself from all this. Please read: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 23:11:12 -0400 (EDT) > From: Carolyn Speranza > To: kieran@interport.net > > > It has come to my attention that you have published unsubstantiated > acusations made towards me by Martin Rimm. These acusations are not > based on fact. At no time did you or any representative of your > publication reach me in person or electronically to substantiate these > acusations before issuing your story on The PornographerUs Handbook and > the Carnegie Mellon Study, Marketing Pornography on the Information Super > Highway. Further, they threaten my professional standing and have caused > me great emotional distress. I have found your publication to be > libelous. > > I expect a full retraction of all false information concerning myself, > Carolyn P. Speranza, Martin Rimm, The PornographerUs Handbook and the > Carnegie Mellon Study, Marketing Pornography on the Information Super > Highway to be issued by you and/or your publication, be it electronic or > printed, to all of the subscribers, bboards, et al. to which your story > was originally issued. In this retraction, I expect an admittence of > false representation of my role in your story as well as an apology for > the way it has reflected on my professional and personel representation. > > For your information and retraction, I am providing the facts of the > matter, including a bio: > > 1. My name was listed in Books in Print as an illustrator for the > PornographerUs Handbook without my knowledge or consent. > > 2. The PornographerUs Handbook was an idea that Martin Rimm spoke of > frequently to me, but I have never seen in either printed or electronic > form. I have never written, or helped anyone write the excerpts from The > Handbook which have been posted on the net, quoted in BrockUs article or > any other. I have never published material, written or illustrated under > this title in any format. > > 3. I do not know or have ever corresponded with John Russel Davis. > > 4. Martin Rimm did not contact me to verify my role in this situation > before publicly accusing me, through the news media, of inappropriate and > false use of his work and authorship. > > 5. All media correspondents who have used my name and information > pertaining to my professional or personal relationship with Martin Rimm > have not spoken with me, in person or via email, to verify this > information prior to publishing their stories. > > 6. I am an artist living and working in Pittsburgh. My work features > digital imaging used in public art works and interactive, multimedia > installations. I have been employed by such institutions as The Andy > Warhol Museum, Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh Center for the > Arts, The Carnegie Institute, the Wexner Center for the Arts and the > Greater Columbus Arts Council. > > I was an advisor for the Carnegie Mellon Study, Marketing Pornography on > the Information Super Highway, conducted by Martin Rimm. My area of > expertise for this study was digital imaging. > >