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Jim,

Yes, I can just grab the files and beg forgiveness afterword but I was
trying to get permission before hand. That is the purpose of this
exercise.

Then strictly-speaking it isn't the owner's permission you need, it is that of the individual who uploaded each desired file. Which of course in some (many?, most?, all?) cases may be the same person as the owner.

And that of course is assuming that the person who uploaded the file holds the right to post its content. Which may not be the case for things like manuals and other literature about the subject product.

Though I do understand that gaining the Y!group owner's cooperation, or stepping into the role of moderator, would be a leg up on contacting the content owners.

I just found it very strange that there was no way to find out for
sure who the owners and moderators are (especially if the group was
orphaned years ago).

That's pretty much by design - and probably in keeping with the wishes of most group owners. Who wants random malcontents being able to find out how to contact you directly, especially for some group you stopped caring about years ago? Hence the -owner email address is the only official means of contact.

Notably that's true in Groups.io as well.

Shal


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