To: ALL
Subject: Status of US Scanner News
 
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Horn wrote an extensive letter and posted it to "scanner user groups"
regarding the affiliation between USSN and RCMA Scanner Publications and
the relationship between USSN and its writing staff.  The letter also
incorrectly described relations among USSN and its subscribers. Enclosed
are copies of a portion of the Internet correspondence, including the
original posting to which I make reference.
 
        The statements regarding the treatment of subscribers by U.S.
Scanner Publications are entirely false.  Mr. Van Horn states that prior
subscriptions to USSN were not honored when it was acquired by U.S.
Scanner Publications.  In fact, the opposite is true.  All subscriptions
to USSN were honored in full, plus two issues were added.
 
        Mr. Van Horn also states that the writers groups for USSN had
been fired or, alternatively, were on strike.  Again, this is entirely
false.  When U.S. Scanner Publications recognized it was unable to pay
outstanding obligations to its writers, it promptly informed the writers
groups that it was unable to pay for services rendered but fully
intended to pay all fees owed as soon as possible.  Copies of the
correspondence relating to the relations between writers for USSN and
the RCMA group are enclosed.
 
        Unfortunately, the defamatory statements by Mr. Van Horn were
republished by the net commonly known as Scan-L.  A republisher of
defamatory statements is equally liable with the original party, and we
believe the law would support claims against Peter Laws, the individual
responsible for posting the defamatory statements on the Scan-L net as
well as Arkansas. These legal obligations also extend to the "Grove Net"
as well as Mr. Van Horn personally.
 
        The defamatory statements have resulted in a significant number
of calls to U.S. Scanner Publications as well as an ever growing number
of individuals who are calling to indicate that they will not subscribe
until there is some assurance that their subscriptions will be honored
and value received in the form of publications.
 
        WE DEMAND that each of the individuals and organizations named
above immediately place full-page ads in U.S. Scanner News Magazine,
Monitoring Times and Satellite Times specifically retracting the
defamatory statements regarding treatment of staff writers, the
characterization of subsequent writers as scabs and the false claim that
subscriptions were not honored when U.S. Scanner Publications took over
U.S. Scanner News Magazine.  The ad should also specifically state that
no writers were fired and U.S. Scanner Publications has committed itself
to paying all writers for services rendered when financially possible.
 
        We also require that each of the "nets" involved publish on
their home page, as well as on all user group forums, specific
statements retracting all of the defamatory statements referenced above
and encouraging any interested party in contacting each of you to
confirm that the original statements published on the Internet were
false and without factual basis.
 
        Although we demand retractions to mitigate the potential damages
to U.S. Scanner Publications, we are not waiving any claims for damages.
We are in the process of determining the scope of damages and will
advise you immediately once we have made an accurate determination of
the amount, if any, of ultimate financial injury.
 
        Do not underestimate the seriousness of my client's demands. The
unilateral action taken by Mr. Van Horn has and will continue to have
adverse financial impact on U.S. Scanner Publications.  It is both
outrageous and irresponsible that such information could be distributed
so freely with the knowledge of the potential harm.  We fully intend to
proceed with all of our legal remedies but believe it is in your best
interest to publish retractions promptly. Please deliver copies of the
retractions so we may review them first to ensure they do not contain
additional false statements.
 
 
        Very truly yours,
 
 
        Roger A. Lenneberg
 
RAL/kkf
Enclosure
 
GRANT & LENNEBERG
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          RE: U.S. SCANNER NEWS AND THE RCMA SCANNER JOURNAL
 
There is a lot of misunderstanding as to the future of the RCMA  Scanner
Journal. I hope this letter will clear matters up.
 
We intend to keep the same format, with the exception that there will be
no Regional Editors only State Editors. There will be a separate section
in U.S.  Scanner News for The Scanner Journal.
 
The RCMA membership list will continue to be kept in a separate database
and will not be made available to anyone, no exception. New subscribers
will have the opportunity to indicate if they wish to be RCMA members so
they can have an RCMA membership number or U.S. Scanner News
subscribers. None of the U.S. Scanner News writers will be replaced by
 
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