Re: GEnie files
In reply to #988 Re: GEnie files by Rob Miracle
> If they had wanted to keep their copyright intact, they shouldn't >have posted the information via an electronic medium. By doing that, >they effectively place it in the public domain. The principle is that >there's no possible way to control distribution, so copyright can't be >maintained. For example, by posting something to USENET, you lose all >legal recourse. > > Bottom line? There's nothing wrong with posting the files. Besides, >GDW and Digest Group don't really have anything to worry about from us, >do they? We're on *their* side, right? :-) Well I tried downloading some stuff on FFW over the weekend and it was listed as being a binary file. Now I can't seem to figure out how to "un-binary" it. I will try some more stuff this week. >>distribute this. I mean technically whoever is running this RoundTable on >>GEnie, wont get any money from my downloading the info, as GEnie let's me >>do this Free. > Really? Is it that GEnie is suppying the account for free, or is C= >picking up the tab? If the latter, then GEnie shouldn't care. GEnie, picks up the tab. It's nice to know people in high places. :-) >-- > Brent Greg - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Givler | Q-Link: GregGivler Analyst - Systems Evaluation Group | CompuServe: Greg Givler 76702,647 Commodore Product Assurance | GEnie: [email removed]ivler [phone removed] | The NET: [email removed] - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wild Whores couldn't keep me away!" -- George Francisco "That's Horses, George" -- Matt Sikes -- Alien Nation -- Fox Broadcasting -- =============================================================================== All opinions and material above is the responsibility of the originator. Submissions: [email removed], or [email removed] Administrator: [email removed] (James Perkins) The TML is made possible by facilities provided by Tektronix, Inc.