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OK. I'm about to open myself to some how-can-you-be-so-dumb flaming, but
there's something I don't understand.
A lot has come across TW-L lately about copyrights and linking to others'
web sites. I don't understand why there's any controversy.
If I publish a book and it's in the library, do I expect readers to contact
me for permission to check out the book? If I publish a web site, why would
I object to having someone establish a link to it? Yes, I would object if
someone copied material from my web site, published it, and didn't give me
credit.
If a corporation publishes a web site, wouldn't they *want* lots of folks to
link to it, thereby increasing its potential for "circulation"?
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Thom
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Thom Remington remingtf -at- engg -dot- dnet -dot- dupont -dot- com
DuPont External Affairs
Information Design & Development http://www.dupont.com http://www.concentric.net/~remingtf
Speaking for myself, not for DuPont.
