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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 02:09:57 GMT
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On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 15:23:50 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
wrote:
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.

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 everything in lugnet is public
- the CGI and other various bits-o-script holding the thing together
aren't publically available.

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.

A constantly updated copy of the original would be essentially a
mirror - and assuming that you copy the ability to post as well, and
gateway both ways, it might actually make sense to do something like
that, someday. With Todd's consent, of course.

Jasper



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(...) Wouldn't be without his knowledge. He'd just be powerless to stop it without blocking large numbers of legitimate users. Not that I'm advocating such a thing in any way. (...) Yes that's again true. (...) This is a different topic entirely of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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