> Anyone who stands behind this dubious legal theory should demonstrate their
> support for it by downloading the contents of a big, high-profile domain
> (pathfinder.com for example) and start serving it from their own domain
> without the original content provider's permission.
>
> Just because something is publicly available for free doesn't mean anyone can
> start making and distributing copies on their own. Content has to be
> explicitly placed into the public domain for that behavior to be legal, and
> making something available over the net for free does *not* place it into the
> public domain.
I don't think that applies here. This is more like a newsgroup. It is a
public forum. When you post, you know it's a public forum.
When you post a web page, it is NOT a public forum. It's a public display.
Very different.
You have the power to limit who subscribes if you don't want it to be public.
~Josh
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And IF you go in, should you turn left or right... or
right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite? Or go around back and sneak
in from behind? Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a
mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
- Dr. Seuss
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