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From: hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: PD applications on GENIE / EMPIRE Version 3.0 for the ST.
Summary: I think it is illegal to download from GENIE and then post it free
Message-ID: <752@lzaz.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Aug 89 14:23:39 GMT
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Organization: AT&T ISL Lincroft NJ USA
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> servers/archives from which I can extract goodies. Unfortunately, the
> vast majority of the reviewed and recommended PD goodies never see the
> light of day outside the "for-pay" services.
>  
> If some gracious GENIE user had it in their heart to do the ATARI
> community at large a great service then they might take it upon
> themselves to periodically suck up the best from GENIE and input these
> applications to the more worldly available servers/archives often
> mentioned in this digest. The two servers I use personally are:
> TERMINATOR and PANARTHEA. These are both excellent sources for a
> non-IP user like me with EMAIL access and no anon-FTP abilities.
>  
> Thanks for the help!!!
>  

I think the GENIE agreement procludes this, as the Collection of pd on
GENIE is copyright by GENIE.  

I would think that a GENIE customer could download a file and mail it to
you, put posting to the net would be poor form, and maybe illegal.



Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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