... they'll invent a smarter mouse.
Now people will just be sure to deep link through a proxy server. Problem not at all resolved.
When are lawyers going to realize that they are usually out of their element in situations like this?
I keep picturing the one guy down in IT, who got into work this morning to find this huge announcement crawling into the fetal position uttering HTTP_REFERER.. HTTP_REFERER...
Ironically though, instead of investing a few hours of time coordinating between Marketing and IT and a few ongoing hours of maintenance -- they are going through the hassle of engaging lawyers, not to mention the countless man-hours now that they are going to try to find deep-linkers still and prosecute.
Technology, with a little bit of good planning, would solve this ten times easier and so much more effectively.
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By why take it to the extreme to ban plaintext linking? I don't see the connection...
... they'll invent a smarter mouse. Now people will just be sure to deep link through a proxy server. Problem not at all resolved. When are lawyers going to realize that they are usually out of their element in situations like this? I keep picturing the one guy down in IT, who got into work this morning to find this huge announcement crawling into the fetal position uttering HTTP_REFERER.. HTTP_REFERER...
Ironically though, instead of investing a few hours of time coordinating between Marketing and IT and a few ongoing hours of maintenance -- they are going through the hassle of engaging lawyers, not to mention the countless man-hours now that they are going to try to find deep-linkers still and prosecute. Technology, with a little bit of good planning, would solve this ten times easier and so much more effectively.
Ironically this comes on the heels of Bush asking for 80 billion to further the war in Iraq. Really, keeping Hubble up and running is a bargain.