Yes, but...

Post #53,310 by lincoln 9/26/02 9:31:30 AM Reply	Yes, but... I prefer to put whole articles here because: 1. I know that the post will remain longer than 1, 2 or 7 days, which is the longest time most sites make articles available before sticking them into their pay-per-view archives. 2. I know that the talented people running IWETHEY are doing regular backups so that this post will be here for months, available for easy reference if I want to reread it or send others to it. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
Post #53,320 by pwhysall 9/26/02 10:20:44 AM Reply	Er. The Register doesn't do pay-per-view archives. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #53,326 by lincoln 9/26/02 10:54:29 AM Reply	Which is why I said "most" sites, not "all" While not every site has pay-per-view archives, there are less free archive sites compared to years past. Here, for the moment, we're free since the dawn of time. What I'm having a hard time understanding is how "having to scroll through the whole article stifles discussion"? I find that having the whole article here, which saves time going compared to going back and forth to sites, which can be very slow on dialup, makes it easier to focus on the major points and for copying specific passages of text. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
Post #53,374 by Arkadiy 9/26/02 4:05:14 PM Reply	Exactly. You violated copiright consciously, then. When (and if) the authors decide that the article should now become a paid content, you will have your illegal copy. I just hope you'll never have to write for living. We have only 2 things to worry about: That things will never get back to normal, and that they already have.
Post #53,391 by lincoln 9/26/02 5:47:25 PM Reply	I am a writer of computer software, and have been going on 25 years. However, since I've never copyrighted any of it (and since my employers retained ownership of the source code) I can't say that I know how the author(s) feel about the situation. They have already been paid for their writing already, and they're free to charge anybody and everybody for a pay-per-view. If they get more than 1 person willing to pay to see their work, more power to them. If they come here asking for money, the admins just have to delete the post, and end of story. lincoln "Four score and seven years ago, I had a better sig"
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