Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!apple!bionet!ig!mcb From: mcb@reason.ig.com (Michael C. Berch) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Sears/IBM vs. GEnie Summary: (was: Re: NIMC, Cyberspace, and the dangers of info control) Message-ID: Date: 1 Oct 90 23:55:03 GMT References: <182@netsys.NETSYS.COM> Organization: IntelliGenetics, Inc., Mountain View, Calif. USA Lines: 14 In the referenced article, niu.bitnet!TK0JUT2@netsys.NETSYS.COM writes: > The recent note indicating how Sears/IBM censors GEnie may provide a warning > for the dangers when corporate interests control information flow. [...] My understanding is that GEnie is owned and operated by General Electric Information Systems, and that Sears and IBM operate the PRODIGY Service as a joint venture. PRODIGY is definitely "information-controlled" (I prefer not to use the term "censored", which implies state action) by its management; I do not know whether GEnie is. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@presto.ig.com / uunet!presto.ig.com!mcb / ames!bionet!mcb