[s-cars] illegal archiving

[Ian Duff]

Yeah, good luck trying to restore from it. Not that the list archives are much use to subscribers (Search? Google site:audifans.com, sure, but just the S-Cars archive? Rots-o-ruck), only to our admins.

-Ian.

On 18 Nov, 2010, at 08:55, John Cody Forbes wrote:

> 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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