Uh, James?
Bad news... GEnie, like CIS is *controlled acces*. You have to sign up.
And they have to verify you. This means that the usenet analogy breaks
down. You do *not* lose your copyright by posting to CIS or GEnie, and
they can get downright nasty about it.
Several years ago CIS was cracking down on people who were downloading
all the "good" files from one of a forums data libraries and putting
them on their BBS's. Since I had a copyright notice on a program of
mine that was copied CIS's lawyers asked me if I'd like them to sue
the BBS operator *FOR ME*! They were going after him on their own anyway.
Anybody planning on downloading thoise files and posting them to the
list had better read the fine print of their service agreement. I lay
odds that itr *specifically* states that what we want to do is not
permiited. If it doesn't say so there, the online system rules *will*
say so. And you are obligated to honor the agreement and follow the
rules by the LEGAL CONTRACT you have entered into with them.
James, unless we get permission from GEnie or from the authors/posters
of those files, I'd advise you to not post them until you have a talk
with Tek's legal department. It is concievable that they could sue
Tek since it supports the list...
Sorry to be a wet blanket. I'd *love* to have those files. But not if it
means that we lose the list, or somebody gets nailed to the wall by Genie.
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