OPERATING POLICIES OF THE PBeM EMPORIUM

a.k.a., the PBeM Emporium FAQ

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This Site is FREE

I receive no financial payments, commercial consideration or any form of financial remuneration as webmaster of the Play by Email Emporium. This is a free service for gamers, done in my spare time, as a service to the gaming community at large.

Copyrights

We will not intentionally violate copyright on this site. By posting a file here you are explicitly stating that you have sought, and obtained, permission from the publisher to post this file. If a publisher objects to a file that demonstrates his intellectual property, I will remove it immediately. Publishers, contact me at Hotspur@rocketDIEYOUSPAMMERDIEmail.com (remove between "Rocket" and "Mail" to make "Rocketmail") if you have concerns about a file you see on this site.
All gamefiles submitted to this site must include a statement with them concerning current copyright, and permission to post the file publically. This file can be included in the game file itself (as in Cyberboard), or, if this is not possible, included as an ASCII TXT file.
Certain publishers have gone out of business and the owner of the current copyright cannot be determined or reached for permission. In this case, you, as the gamefile designer, MUST include a statement with the file stating that you have made a good faith effort to contact the publisher to request permission. This file can be included in the game file itself (as in Cyberboard), or, if this is not possible, included as an ASCII TXT file.
The file itself may NOT include depictions of the game rules, beyond a few crucial charts neccessary for playing the game. For example, a terrain chart or a turn track are permissable (as they are usually on the mapboard) - but not a game resolution chart like the CRT. Any chart, playing aid, or variant CRT may not be included. Some of these items are available on the Internet on other sites (such as Boardgame Geek or Web Grognards). I may link to these sites if I find the information posted on those sites expands the play of the game.

Statement of Intent

Certain files had required a "Statement of Intent" in the past. As this is not legal proof of ownership of a game, and just an additional administrative step, I'm doing away with this system in the current Emporium. If a publisher requests me to pull his gamefile, I WILL respect his wishes.

File Posting Guidlines

To See your file you must email me, Walt O'Hara, at the following email address:
- Hotspur@rocketDIEYOUSPAMMERDIEmail.com (remove between "Rocket" and "Mail" to make "Rocketmail"). Do NOT mail the file to this address without asking first.
- State the name of your file, the relative size, and any other information you'd care to supply (additional links, etc.)
- Wait for a reply from me for further instructions-- I may provide an alternative email address at this time.
Remote File Access: many files on this site are posted to this server and can be downloaded with no problems. However, some are not. Some file links are to YahooGroup servers, which might require the interested user to join the group to access the file. The Emporium takes no responsibility for remotely hosted files, the servers upon which they reside, or the access rights and responsibilities of these other institutions. If you have an issue with a remotely hosted file, take it up with the administrator of that system, not the Emporium webmaster. In ALL cases where a file is hosted remotely, I will give some indication that the link is to a remote server. If the file is hosted here and you still have difficulty downloading, by all means contact me.

Not Allowed Here

The Following Actions or Requests are not allowed on this site
- Requests for copying the rules for a game -- I'm sorry, you will have to go elsewhere. I realize that there are many, many legitimate requests from gamers who have lost games or parts of games in the past and just want to fix their game to the point where they can play it. Understand that this is an action that violates copyright on my part and I just won't do it. I get countless requests like this-- please go to rec.games.board or rec.games.board.marketplace or Ebay, Inc. to find the answer to your dilemna.
- Charging money for game files - see "This is a free service" above.
- Links to primarily commercial gaming enterprises (sites that charge a fee for participation). Free is free. Therefore, no links to Golden Palace, Amazon, or other "Pass through" money makers. Please don't waste my time (and fill up my mailbox) with requests like this. They will not be enteretained.

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