Re: I have no blog
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:45:11 GMT
Message-ID: <XXkOg.20668$9u.222590_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
>>Evan Keel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Pretty fuuny. This guy/gal assumed your personality and even replies
>>>you do."Post DDL". What ist your next step?
>>
>>I don't think it's a case of "replies like you do," I think
>>that page took some of Celko's actual replies on cdt and
>>repackaged them to look like a blog.
>>
>>Not being an attorney, I have no idea whether what they did
>>was legal. I don't think it's illegal to store and present
>>your posts on a web page -- for example, Google Groups does
>>it for pretty much every post ever made on Usenet, and there
>>are myriad examples of sites that repackage Usenet posts in
>>specific subject areas. Example for one of my posts:
>>
>> http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=542030
>>
>>So if THOSE are legal, then is this pseudo-blog legal? It
>>looks like they're just repackaging Celko's Usenet posts, as
>>Google Groups et al have done. They are still crediting
>>Celko. The only things that may cross the line are: 1) They
>>are significantly altering the presentation; and 2) They are
>>including his likeness.
>>
>>
>>Larry Coon
>>University of California
>
> Larry, you are correct--they are actual replies. Why would someone do this?
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:45:11 GMT
Message-ID: <XXkOg.20668$9u.222590_at_ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>
Evan Keel wrote:
> "Larry Coon" <lcnospam_at_assist.org> wrote in message > news:45082875.412B_at_assist.org... >
>>Evan Keel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Pretty fuuny. This guy/gal assumed your personality and even replies
> > like >
>>>you do."Post DDL". What ist your next step?
>>
>>I don't think it's a case of "replies like you do," I think
>>that page took some of Celko's actual replies on cdt and
>>repackaged them to look like a blog.
>>
>>Not being an attorney, I have no idea whether what they did
>>was legal. I don't think it's illegal to store and present
>>your posts on a web page -- for example, Google Groups does
>>it for pretty much every post ever made on Usenet, and there
>>are myriad examples of sites that repackage Usenet posts in
>>specific subject areas. Example for one of my posts:
>>
>> http://www.dbforums.com/showthread.php?t=542030
>>
>>So if THOSE are legal, then is this pseudo-blog legal? It
>>looks like they're just repackaging Celko's Usenet posts, as
>>Google Groups et al have done. They are still crediting
>>Celko. The only things that may cross the line are: 1) They
>>are significantly altering the presentation; and 2) They are
>>including his likeness.
>>
>>
>>Larry Coon
>>University of California
>
> Larry, you are correct--they are actual replies. Why would someone do this?
Probably for the same reason a Phd guy teaches the data mining: Adsense. Received on Fri Sep 15 2006 - 00:45:11 CEST