A song by Type O Negative on their Slow, Deep and Hard cd. 'The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences'. I shall warn them that they should expect a letter from Mr. Cage's lawyers.
I do believe some amount of maturity has to be displayed, though. On one hand we have Globalmegacorporation (TM) saying 'We don't want you telling anyone where to find our publically accessible data. We want them to come through our banner ridden, confusing, useless front page', and on the other hand we have people saying 'I'm going to use your images, simply because I can. I have no real need for it, but I'm going to do it anyway, because it's not illegal.'
Come on guys, show a little responsibility here. 90% of this intellectual property and copyright idiocy would be stamped out if people realised that: a) The internet is publically accessible. If your page is on the internet, it is because you want it to be seen. Don't kick up a fuss when people actually DO see it. b) Even if there is nothing illegal about linking to images/content, but the owner of the site requests that you at least ask him/her, send them an email asking. Don't go and link to their stuff just because you can. They may have a perfectly reasonable reason why they don't want other sites using their material directly from their server (bandwidth). However, if you do own a website showcasing data, 'I want people to come through MY front page' is NOT a valid reason. The internet was set up to convey information, and it will stay that way. People want to find information the easiest and quickest way possible. Visiting tens of sites, going through their front pages, browsing down a long list of articles, and so on, is not the quickest way possible, and if they find a site that shows them a list of news articles in a clear layout, they will use it. If you don't like these terms, don't use the internet to showcase your information.
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A song by Type O Negative on their Slow, Deep and Hard cd. 'The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences'. I shall warn them that they should expect a letter from Mr. Cage's lawyers.
I do believe some amount of maturity has to be displayed, though. On one hand we have Globalmegacorporation (TM) saying 'We don't want you telling anyone where to find our publically accessible data. We want them to come through our banner ridden, confusing, useless front page', and on the other hand we have people saying 'I'm going to use your images, simply because I can. I have no real need for it, but I'm going to do it anyway, because it's not illegal.'
Come on guys, show a little responsibility here. 90% of this intellectual property and copyright idiocy would be stamped out if people realised that:
a) The internet is publically accessible. If your page is on the internet, it is because you want it to be seen. Don't kick up a fuss when people actually DO see it.
b) Even if there is nothing illegal about linking to images/content, but the owner of the site requests that you at least ask him/her, send them an email asking. Don't go and link to their stuff just because you can. They may have a perfectly reasonable reason why they don't want other sites using their material directly from their server (bandwidth). However, if you do own a website showcasing data, 'I want people to come through MY front page' is NOT a valid reason. The internet was set up to convey information, and it will stay that way. People want to find information the easiest and quickest way possible. Visiting tens of sites, going through their front pages, browsing down a long list of articles, and so on, is not the quickest way possible, and if they find a site that shows them a list of news articles in a clear layout, they will use it. If you don't like these terms, don't use the internet to showcase your information.