[s-cars] illegal archiving

[Lee Levitt]

Andrew,

The point is that they are not just archiving it, but actively 
displaying your postings and mine, without permission, to drive traffic 
to their site and generate advertising revenue. It's a common business 
practice on the internet and it is stealing. No questions about it.

Their business model is to subscribe to the list using an alias 
(generally considered a violation of list guidelines) and then posting 
every message on their server. They do not ask permission of either the 
list owner or of the individual posters who hold copyright to their 
work. Answerpot is stealing your intellectual property, violating 
copyright law, and benefitting financially.

Are you okay with that?

Lee

On 11/18/2010 8:18 AM, Andrew Dickinson wrote:
> It may be outside the law... but the law is such a slow moving beast 
> that it is almost dormant when it comes to something like the 
> internet.  Plus, if the server is not on American soil I am not sure 
> the law can apply to someone from another region of the planet; not to 
> mention who the heck would pay the legal fees?