> Now let's say that one day we find this web site about XYZ, with the
> usual ad banners, offering a big database of miscellaneous info about
> XYZ. People sign up to read up on all the various aspects of XYZ, and the
> people running the site collect advertisement dollars. And let's say that
> a fairly large proportion of this database comes from the archives of our
> customer's 100+ XYZ related lists, which were "sucked" without
> permission. Well, again maybe the customer doesn't mind, but maybe
> they'll get mad. They're sponsoring these lists for PR reasons, and I
> think there's a good chance that they wouldn't be happy if another site
> collected all the credit + advertisement dollars. It's not like there's
> anything preventing the XYZ site from starting its own XYZ lists with its
> own $$$.
Hmmmm... yes, I didn't consider the possibility of lists that were intended
to draw money in the first place. In the case of the person I was replying
to, there didn't seem to be a profit motive on the lists on her site,
similar to mine. But yes, you are completely correct, archivists certainly
shouldn't be allowed to make a buck on information that you are trying to
make a buck on. That is theft, no doubt. I guess I didn't glean that from
the posts I read.
-todd-
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