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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:23:50 GMT
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mattdm@*antispam*mattdm.org
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
Making it dynamic, and gatewayed to lugnet without Todd's consent is
pretty much impossible.

I disagree technically. It's almost impossible to make something available
to the general public yet block copying it.

But I conceed that there _is_ an essential difference between LUGnet and a
book -- the dynamic interaction you mention, plus the basic fact that there
is a community here. I can make a copy, and keep it constantly updated, but
it still won't be the original. Whereas an electronic copy of a book _is_
the original.




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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) Yes. But doing so without Todd's knowledge, _while keeping it up tom date_, is next to impossible. I suspect somebody who downloaded the entire site would show up a significant blip in traffic, also. Then there is the fact that by far not (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) It's interesting though. A lot of us here certainly would have the technical ability to copy and redistribute lugnet -- it's not that much harder than copying an electronic novel would be. But, there are other things that might be better (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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