[s-cars] illegal archiving

[John Cody Forbes]

Sounds like a free redundant backup of the list archives to me.

-Cody (mobile)

On Nov 18, 2010, at 8:49 AM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:

> 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?
> 
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