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From: robert@infmx.UUCP (Robert Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: USENET -> GEnie uplink now working
Message-ID: <2911@infmx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Dec 89 23:17:22 GMT
References: <15097@well.UUCP> <5440092@hplsla.HP.COM>
Reply-To: robert@infmx.UUCP (Robert Coleman)
Organization: Informix, Menlo Park, Ca. U.S.A.
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	Well, I was annoyed at first at providing info to a profit organization,
but think of it this way: the Net is a *free* information source. Would you
object to genie loading on other free info sources, such as pamphlets from the
US govt, transcripts of press talks, written works out of copyright, etc? The 
point is that the info published here is FREE to everyone, and that INCLUDES 
corporations, governments, and places that charge for making this info 
convenient to their clientele.
	Remember, they are charging not for the info itself, but for making the
information available in one place to the users who are interested or who may
not HAVE another way of getting to this source.
	I have access free but my company pays an access fee (I believe, and it
would be the same for genie). If my company wanted to pass this cost on to the 
employees who use the service, would that be wrong?

	Disclaimer: I do not use Genie, nor do I work for Genie, nor do I know
anyone who is in any way related to Genies, Djinn, Efreets, etc.

Robert C.
-- 
"Helen's the only one who knows what scruples are, and she won't tell us"
John said. "Have we got scruples about it, Helen?"
"Not a trace," Helen affirmed.		-The Reefs of Earth, R.A.Lafferty