P.S. hmmm... why does SearchHP.COM or whatever it is seem to be way too beligerent (sp) for someone trying to interest me in their services? Good question, I was wondering the same... to which I have never been to their web site... nor is this enticing me to visit it in the future... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toback" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Warning: 3000 slurs over at searchHP.com > Ron Seybold writes: > > >Just because its legal doesn't mean it's ethical. Borrowing someone > >else's work -- or abstracting, as your boss Paul Gillin likes to call > >it -- should require compensation, or at the least, permission. We're > >not in the business of providing your company with content to sell to > >its advertisers. Especially while you use headlines that slur the > >3000 community. > > Even abstracting requires at least attribution. > > Or perhaps, the intent was to use the less-common meaning of "abstract": > > abstract, vt: ... steal, purloin... > > (Webster's 9th New Collegiate Dictionary) > > Granted, I had to reach down into the fifth definition, but that's > apparently just as good as the first one. > > >[George Thompson writes:] > >>Summarizing the content you willing enter into > >>the public domain is not in anyway reproducing or copying your original > >>expression. > > Copyrighted content placed on a web site is *not* in the public domain. > > -- Bruce > > PS. I've also been dealing with someone stealing material from my web > site. At least it's not my livelihood, as it is with Ron. > > - B > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bruce Toback Tel: (602) 996-8601| My candle burns at both ends; > OPT, Inc. (800) 858-4507| It will not last the night; > 11801 N. Tatum Blvd. Ste. 142 | But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - > Phoenix AZ 85028 | It gives a lovely light. > btoback AT optc.com | -- Edna St. Vincent Millay > Mail sent to [log in to unmask] will be inspected for a > fee of US$250. Mailing to said address constitutes agreement to > pay, including collection costs. ! !